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UK, Canada, Australia slam Israel ending probe into World Central Kitchen strike that killed 7

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The World Central Kitchen employees — three Britons, a dual US-Canadian national, a Pole, an Australian and a Palestinian — died in a drone strike on their vehicle convoy after overseeing the ...

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