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Australia seeks charges over 2024 Israeli air strike in Gaza that killed Australian aid worker
Australia is demanding criminal charges over a 2024 incident in Gaza that killed seven people, including an Australian aid worker, Anthony Albanese, the country’s PM, has announced.
Australian Zomi Frankcom was one of four World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by an Israeli drone on April 1, 2024. The other aid workers were an American-Canadian dual citizen, a Palestinian as well as a Polish national. Three British security staff were also killed in the same air strike.
There was no immediate response to Albanese’s request from Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who visited the national capital, Canberra, on Wednesday after spending two days in Sydney.
Palestine supporters rallied across Australia to oppose the visit by Herzog, who has been accused of inciting genocide against Palestinians.
US firm involved in defunct GHF seeks new recruits
A US security firm that has deployed armed military veterans to Gaza to guard aid sites run by a now-defunct US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is seeking to hire Arabic-speaking contractors with combat experience, according to job listings on its website.
The GHF, which was shut down following a “ceasefire” in October, had faced severe criticism from the UN and other international bodies over the killing of hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach its aid sites.
North Carolina-based UG Solutions, which provided security for GHF, said it remained “the go-to security firm to help those focused on rebuilding and delivering aid” as envisaged in Trump’s plan to end the war.
Two jobs are listed on the firm’s website. An International Humanitarian Security Officer would, among other things, involve “securing key infrastructure” and preferred credentials include proficiency with “small arms weapons”, while the other targets only female candidates.
Both listings say UG Solutions is seeking to hire multiple officers. They both list Arabic proficiency as a preferred qualification. The security officer role lists four or more years of active duty deployment as a preferred credential.
