Factbox-What’s World Central Kitchen, the NGO whose employees have been killed in Gaza?

(Reuters) – Not less than 5 workers of NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza, the Hamas-run Gaza authorities media workplace mentioned late on Monday.

Under are particulars on WCK:

– U.S.-based non-governmental organisation WCK was arrange by Michelin-starred superstar chef Jose Andres and his spouse Patricia in 2010 following a serious earthquake in Haiti, initially to supply emergency meals assist to survivors.

– WCK expanded from there to supply resilience coaching, meals and help to survivors of different pure disasters, in addition to refugees and other people affected by battle.

– WCK has served tens of hundreds of thousands of meals in Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion.

– WCK was concerned within the first cargo of assist to Gaza through a sea hall from Cyprus in March. A second WCK maritime assist cargo carrying 332 tons of meals was because of arrive in Gaza early this week.

– Founder Andres is a Spanish-American chef, restaurateur and cookbook creator. His avant-garde restaurant minibar by Jose Andres in Washington, D.C., has two Michelin stars. He was awarded the Nationwide Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in 2015.

(Reporting by Lincoln Feast in Sydney; Enhancing by Michael Perry)