Jacob Flickinger, a Canadian aid worker and veteran of the Canadian Armed forces, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. His family mourns his death and speaks out about the attack.
WATCH: One of the aid worker s killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday was from Quebec. Jacob Flickinger was a veteran of the Canadian Armed forces and also had American citizenship. His family is speaking out about the attack while mourning his death. Global's Felicia Parrillo reports.John Flickinger and Sylvie Labrecque last spoke to their beloved son, Jacob, on Easter Sunday, when they told him how much they were looking forward to his return.
Last fall, he decided to join the World Central Kitchen to help the non-profit on the security and logistics front.His first aid mission was last November in Mexico, and in early March, he travelled to Gaza. “We will always remember him every day,” Leclerc said, choking up. “Jasper will learn about his dad through his great friends, and through us. And I will be there to support and explain to him that he died as a hero and he was doing such a beautiful action to help people in famine and he should have never been killed like that.”
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