Middle East crisis live: convoy members killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza were volunteers, aid agency says

Middle East crisis live: convoy members killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza were volunteers, aid agency says

Anera says four men who died in Gaza were locals who asked to serve as escort for convoy, but IDF describes them as ‘armed assailants’

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An aid agency whose convoy was hit by an Israeli airstrike on Thursday has said that the four men killed were local community members who had asked to serve as an escort for the convoy.

US-based NGO Anera said the four men were the only casualties from the strike, which hit the lead vehicle in which they were travelling. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) described them as “armed assailants” who had hijacked the convoy.

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