Gore noted the organisation had 276 trucks, with the equivalent of almost eight million meals, ready to enter through the Rafah Crossing.
“We will continue to get as much food into Gaza, including northern Gaza, as possible – by land, air, or sea,” she said.
WCK would also send trucks from Jordan, Gore said, adding that the organisation was exploring a maritime corridor and utilising Israel’s Ashdod Port.
Although the roofs of the three aid workers’ vehicles were emblazoned with large WCK logos, retired general Yoav Har-Even, who is leading Israel’s investigation, has said the drone’s camera could not see them in the dark.
An internal Israeli military inquiry found that the drone team had made an “operational misjudgment” after spotting a suspected Hamas gunman shooting from the top of an aid truck.
Gore said WCK had to make a difficult choice to “stop feeding altogether during one of the worst hunger crises ever … or keep feeding knowing that aid, aid workers, and civilians are being intimidated and killed“.
WCK has 68 community kitchens in the region and is building a third high-production facility in Mawasi in addition to the other two in Rafah and Deir Al Balah.
Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on southern Israel that triggered the war resulted in the deaths of about 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 34,488 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
