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Canberra demands explanations from the Israeli Government: “This is unacceptable”
April 2 () –
The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, confirmed this Tuesday the death of an Australian humanitarian worker from the NGO World Central Kitchen in a bombing by the Israeli Army against a vehicle in which at least four other colleagues in the governorate have also died. Gazan from Deir al Bala.
“We want full accountability for this, because it is a tragedy that should never have happened,” the prime minister declared during a press conference in which he noted that the Australian citizen has been identified as Lalzawmi 'Zomi' Frankcom.
Albanese has stated that Frankcom has done “extraordinarily valuable work” and that she had volunteered in Australia to help residents during the fires. “This is someone who volunteered to provide help through this charity for people who are suffering enormous deprivation in Gaza,” she said.
“I didn't have the honor of meeting her (Frankcom), but I did have the kind of values that someone who goes to a very dangerous place to help humanity, her fellow human beings, people she didn't know shows. I just wanted to help through of this organization and that says everything about the character of this young woman,” he expressed before conveying his condolences to the victim's loved ones and humanitarian workers.
ASK FOR EXPLANATIONS FROM THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT
The Australian head of government has stressed that they have contacted the Israeli authorities “to ask for accountability”, considering that “this goes beyond any reasonable circumstance.”
“Someone who is dedicated to providing aid and humanitarian assistance should not lose their life. There were four aid workers and a Palestinian driver in the vehicle. This is a human tragedy. It should never have happened and is completely unacceptable,” he said.
In this sense, he has pointed out that “it is necessary” to provide protection to humanitarian workers and those who carry out humanitarian work, as well as to all innocent civilians. “Australians want to see an end to this conflict. They want to see a peaceful, long-term political solution,” she said.
“Australia has had a very clear position to support a sustainable ceasefire, to call for it over a period of time, to ask for humanitarian aid to reach the people of Gaza who are suffering this deprivation, to ensure that the hostages are also released,” he said. reiterated.
Thus, he added that he is “concerned” about the lives of innocent civilians who have been lost “during this conflict.” “I have been very concerned by the number of innocent lives that have been lost in Gaza and in Israel. It is completely unacceptable,” she added.
The members of World Central Kitchen were in the Palestinian enclave in the context of the humanitarian mission initiated together with the NGO Open Arms to establish a maritime humanitarian corridor between Cyprus and the Strip in the face of the enormous difficulties faced by operations for the entry of aid by land.
