Chef José Andrés Breaks Down: ‘We All Have to Live With This’
Days after seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers were killed by Israeli troops, chef José Andrés condemned Israel’s war in Gaza as a “war against humanity itself” as he called for an independent investigation into the attack.
“It’s been six months of targeting anything that seems moves,” Andrés told ABC’s Martha Raddatz in an interview that aired Sunday, the six-month anniversary since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that ignited the war. “This doesn’t seem a war against terror. This doesn’t seem anymore a war about defending Israel. This really, at this point, seems a war against humanity itself.”
A visibly emotional Andrés told Raddatz he was still processing the brutal attack on the humanitarian convoy, which had coordinated its route with the Israel Defense Forces before the IDF struck it three times on Tuesday. He said the troupe of workers had followed every proper procedure before their attack, including using marked, armored cars, prompting even more confusion on why they were hit.