World Central Kitchen names American Jacob Flickinger as victim of Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Tel Aviv — World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by Spanish-American celebrity chef José Andrés, has named U.S.-Canadian dual national Jacob Flickinger, 33, as one of the seven members of its team killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza late Monday night. The other WCK staff members killed in the attack, which Israel's military has called a "grave mistake," have been identified as Palestinian, British, Polish and Australian nationals.

It appears their three-vehicle convoy was hit by several successive missile strikes despite the non-profit group having coordinated the team's movements with the Israel Defense Forces.

"It was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night, during a war, in very complex conditions," IDF Chief of the General Staff Herzl Halevi said, echoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who lamented it as a tragic accident, which he said, "happens in war."