Singaporean Gilbert Goh's charity, Love Aid Singapore, had been raising funds for kitchens in Jabalia and Rafah refugee camps. However, after an Israeli air strike on Jabalia camp, nine people working in one of the kitchens were killed, putting their activities on hold.
When he was informed that a reported Israeli air strike killed nine people working in a Gaza n kitchen jointly run by the charitable organisation he founded, Singaporean Gilbert Goh’s heart sank. The 62-year-old, who is behind Love Aid Singapore, has been working to raise funds for kitchens operating in the Jabalia and Rafah refugee camp s since January, working in tandem with the International Relief Organisation (IRO), which ran them.
These kitchens prepared hot meals for displaced Palestinians, but after the air strike on Jabalia camp on March 2, their activities have been put on hold. Mr Goh told The Straits Times in a phone call from Cairo on March 4 that he was devastated when he received the news the previous day. “This is the first time that I’ve been involved in a humanitarian mission where the people I work with have been killed,” he said. “It’s been a huge shoc
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