Friends remember Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, who was killed in Gaza

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Friends remember Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, who was killed in Gaza
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REBEKA DOETSCH: Zomi was an absolute ray of sunshine, full of warmth, full of kindness, very generous, very funny, vibrant.

REBEKA DOETSCH: Her mother was from northern India, from a small community there and I think growing up seeing the differences between how she was being raised in Australia, and how her family, her extended family was living in India sort of inspired her to want to help people.ADAM HARVEY: Her work with food charity World Central Kitchen took her from Asia to north Africa.ZOMI FRANKCOM: We have just completed a successful drop of more meals into the north of Gaza.

ADAM HARVEY: Zomi and six others were killed: two foreign aid workers, three members of their security team and a local driver, 25-year-old Saif Issam Abu Taha.DR ZIAD ABU TAHA, COUSIN : He wanted to volunteer, to provide relief to the Palestinian people, and didn't want to stay at home.ZIAD ABU TAHA: He was supposed to go in a convoy of four cars … to Gaza Harbor to unload cargo.

ADAM HARVEY: A day after the attack, the wreckage of the convoy remained on the street in northern Gaza showing marked vehicles hit directly, including a strike that pierced the World Central Kitchen logo on the roof of one car.Aid agencies operating in Gaza say Israel has hit humanitarian convoys and workers even when their movements and coordinates were shared with the military.

ADAM HARVEY: The Red Crescent say 15 of its workers have been killed while on duty in Gaza since October 7.JULIETTE TOUMA: It is an indicator that no one is safe in Gaza. No place is safe. It's happening way too often. The Israeli forces have crossed all lines, the red lines included.

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