What lay behind the deaths of 7 World Central Kitchen staff in Gaza
By Elissa Miolene // 14 April 2025
Just over a year ago, a World Central Kitchen employee sent an email to those at the organization’s helm. Urgent, his email was titled. Personnel safety concerns.
It was early March — less than a month before the Israel Defense Forces killed seven of the nonprofit’s staff.
“I have first hand witnessed this organization disregard safety many times in the past,” wrote Brack Watters, a distribution operations manager who’d deployed with WCK to Ukraine, Turkey, Haiti, and beyond. “I feel it is happening again and on a level that is completely unacceptable.”
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Elissa Miolene
Elissa Miolene covers U.S. foreign assistance from Washington, D.C. She previously covered education at The San Jose Mercury News, and has written for The Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other news outlets across the world. Before shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for aid agencies in the United States, East Africa, and South Asia.
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