A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

The World Central Kitchen says three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national, an Canadian-American dual citizen and a Palestinian working for the charity were in the process of delivering food that had arrived by sea on Monday when they were struck in the evening.

The charity, which was founded by celebrity chef Jos茅 Andr茅s and operates in several countries wracked by wars or natural disasters, says it is has suspended operations in the region.

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He says officials are investigating and B次元官网网址渨ill do everything for this not to happen again.B次元官网网址�

The charity was key to a recently opened sea route, which offered some hope for northern Gaza B次元官网网址� where the U.N. says much of the population is on the brink of starvation, largely cut off from the rest of the territory by Israeli forces.

Andr茅s says he is B次元官网网址渉eartbrokenB次元官网网址� by the deaths of his colleagues.

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Cyprus, which has played a key role in trying to establish the sea route to bring food to territory, said ships that recently arrived were turning back B次元官网网址� with some 240 tons of undelivered aid.

Footage of the airstrike showed the workersB次元官网网址� bodies, several wearing protective gear with the charityB次元官网网址檚 logo, at a hospital in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah.

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