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People receive the bodies of World Central Kitchen workers who were killed by Israeli air strikes on April 2, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Jewish groups are anguished over Israeli strike that killed aid workers — and divided on who to blame

Taken together, a range of American Jewish organizations’ statements on the strike that killed World Central Kitchen’s humanitarian staffers reflects American Jewish anguish about the war and impending famine that aid groups have warned of in Gaza.

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Biden administration ‘outraged’ by Israeli strike that killed 7 aid workers, as humanitarian groups suspend operations in Gaza

The killings and the outrage they have stirred in quarters where Israel usually can count on support may be a turning point.

White House ‘concerned’ after Netanyahu pledges to use new law to shutter Al Jazeera in Israel

“The time has come to eject this herald for Hamas from our country,” Netanyahu said.

Michigan congressman says he wasn’t advising nuclear war after telling Israel to approach Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’

Sen. Jeff Merkley invokes Easter to condemn ‘Netanyahu’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza,’ drawing condemnation

Thousands attend an antigovernment protest outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on March 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Protests against Netanyahu escalate in Israel as thousands mass in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

Al Gore speaks at Sen. Joe Lieberman's funeral in Stamford, Connecticut, March 29, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Al Gore, hundreds of mourners hail ‘supreme mensch’ Joe Lieberman at pioneering Jewish politician’s funeral

House Democratic leaders endorse Israel critic Jamaal Bowman, days after Jewish Dems’ group backs his challenger

On the first anniversary of Evan Gershkovich’s arrest, Biden says his detention will ‘cost’ Russia

Westchester County Executive George Latimer in a campaign video announcing a Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Jamaal Bowman. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Leading Jewish Democratic group endorses Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenger

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