[ cheers and applause ] ♪ this is "nightline." >> byron: tonight, growing outrage over the deaths of seven world central kitchen workers in gaza, killed in an idf air strike. >> humanitarians and civilians should never be paying the consequences of war. >> byron: their convoy hit while trying to improve the dire situation on the ground. >> she just had this empathy for people. she would listen to them. she would hold their hands. >> byron: several humanitarian aid groups pausing operations as the u.n. says gaza's on the brink of famine.

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she had so much empathy, but she was also so driven. >> reporter: 43-year-old zami franken worked in some of the most devastated parts of the world. most recently working in gaza with world central kitchen. >> hey, this is zami at the kitchen -- >> reporter: weeks after this video was filmed -- >> this is the beautiful, fragrant, aromatic rice that will be served today from world central kitchen. >> reporter: she and six others were killed by an israeli air strike in gaza. >> i think we're still in shock. it's still very difficult. >> reporter: nate moak is the former ceo of world central kitchen and hired zami. >> zami is someone from the moment you first meet her, she feels like your best friend. she has this huge smile on her face. i think also what made zami so special, she just had this empathy for people. she would talk to people. she would listen to them. she would hold their hands.

>> reporter: now global pressure is mounting on israel to investigate why those three clearly marked aid vehicles from the world central kitchen were targeted in an idf air strike. the aid group says the workers coordinated their movements with the israeli military and were traveling in a three-car convoy in an area deemed safe after unloading more than 100 tons of food to this warehouse brought to gaza. the convoy was then struck three times. a charred van, another with a large hole in the roof where you can clearly see their logo, are the images sparking worldwide criticism. the world central kitchen calling the incident unforgivable and immediately halting operations. >> humanitarians and civilians should never be paying the consequences of war. this is a basic principle of humanity. >> reporter: gaza has been on the brink of famine, lack of food, water, and medicines. contributing to dire rates of

malnutrition, according to the u.n. >> reporter: according to the u.n., at least 196 aid workers have been killed since the start of the war, which began after hamas xwrulbrutally killed 1,20 people in israel and took more than 130 people hostage on october 7th. the seven aid workers killed on monday came from all over the world. yesterday, gazans held a funeral for safad assam, a 25-year-old palestinian, and the youngest victim. today the bodies of the six other workers transported out of gaza to their families, including three british men who worked security for the group. 57-year-old john chapman, 33-year-old james jim henderson,

and 47-year-old james kirby. >> he was completely selfless. which explains why he went to gaza. he just wanted to help people. >> reporter: 33-year-old jacob flickinger, a u.s./canadian dual citizen. 35-year-old damian sobel from poland. >> hello everyone from cairo. >> reporter: seen in this video from march showing a warehouse full of supplies for gaza. >> everything goes to create the kitchen and feed the people who need it. thank you for all the support. >> reporter: 43-year-old zami franken from first of all. >> i feel shattered. of course, humanitarians take risks. but at the same time, they did everything right. you know, they had permission. they had every reason to think that they could do this safely. and yeah, it still feels kind of unreal. >> reporter: in the immediate aftermath, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling this incident a tragic case and initially saying, quote, it happens in war. his office later releasing a

follow-up statement using softer language, saying israel deeply regrets the tragic incident and that the idf is conducting a swift and transparent investigation, and we will make our findings public. tonight in israel, hostage families storming parliament, heckling lawmakers below, smearing paint on the glass. pressure facing benjamin netanyahu inside israel matched by the fierce reaction from president biden, saying he's outraged and heartbroken about the aid workers killed earlier this week, demanding israel make the findings of their investigation public. >> we need to wait and see the outcome of this investigation to know with any confidence what it was that happened. whatever the reason was that led to this tragedy, whatever the mistake that happened inside the idf, it's unacceptable. >> what's clear is that that attack set off a new wave of anger and frustration within the white house, but it's not leading to an actual change in policy.

>> reporter: world central kitchen founder and award-winning chef jose andres today rejecting israel's assertions that the strike was unintentional. >> what i know that is we were targeted deliberately. nonstop until everybody was dead in this convoy. this looks like it's not a war against terrorism anymore. this is a war against humanity itself. >> reporter: foreign policy adviser for netanyahu afir falk reiterating the findings it was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night. >> those vehicles were clearly marked. >> this war is a complex war. the sdind happened in the middle of the night. it should not have happened. >> reporter: despite the deepening tensions between president biden and netanyahu, just days ago, biden approved the transfer of additional weapons to israel, including 2,000-pound bombs which have been connected to mass casualties. nearly 33,000 palestinians have been killed since october, according to the hamas-run health ministry.

the humanitarian crisis on the ground now becoming more dire with several aid groups pausing operations following the deaths of the world central kitchen workers. getting aid into gaza is extremely challenging, but groups lying world central kitchen found ways to deliver food to those in need. >> we are doing at times more than 350,000 meals a day. we have more than 62, 63 kitchens functioning every day. >> reporter: jose andres rose to fame with several celebrated and award-winning restaurants in the u.s. and in 2010, he created world central kitchen after seeing the devastation from the haiti earthquake. since then, his team has provided hot meals in countless

disaster zones. from hurricanes here in the states -- >> take a look at the water! >> reporter: to war zones around the world. >> i'm here with all the people doing this. >> reporter: world central kitchen and others temporarily pulling out of gaza leaving a gaping hole in efforts to get lifesaving aid back to those who need it. the world food program today saying that already, 1 in 3 children below the age of 2 is now acutely malnourished. aid groups are now fearing the worst. >> byron: our thanks to brett. president biden is expected to speak to benjamin netanyahu tomorrow for the first time since that strike on the aid workers. when we come back, we switch gears. abc's ashan singh sits down with "slumdog millionaire" star dev patel, breaking bones in his bombastic ode to hollywood.

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me. >> reporter: how's it going in the movie was unbelievable. how are you doing? >> it's thrilling. it's really been one of the most humbling, exhausting, nourishing experiences of my life. it's been over ten years of my life, trying to birth this thing. >> reporter: is it safe to say this moment right now wasn't originally in the cards? i mean, you're a kid from london who got his acting debut after his mom found a casting advertisement, i believe in the newspaper. now you're here. you're acting, you're directing, screenwriter, producer. was this all part of the plan? or this is just fate? >> i guess i wanted to make a film that younger -- you know, 14-year-old dev would always want to see. from growing up watching bruce lee through the banister, looking at this man with a similar color skin as me, dark hair, with so much charisma. i wanted to exist in the genre. i wanted my culture, my ancestry, my reality, to kind of be expressed in a genre that i love so much. >> reporter: we're going to talk about the film "monkey man."

before that, i want to watch a clip first. >> i don't -- i don't need charity. what i need is a -- is a >> this is the thing, we don't hire off the street. where's your references, your cv? [ phone ringing ] i don't have time for all this. >> this, there's my cv. that's bleach. chemical, oil. give me the jobs no one wants to do, i'll do it. >> reporter: we've got drama. we've got action. sort of that unmistakable bollywood flair that really struck me. especially when i was growing up watching those kinds of movies. what was it like sort of combining all of these genres? how did you know it was sort of translate to an audience? >> i think it was born from me not wanting to be boxed in as a performer.

you know, i have this dual identity. growing up in the uk, you know, my parents are of kenyan descent. growing up, my mom listening to bollywood music. all of it. it kind of is this cocktail that makes me. and i wanted that expressed in cinema as well. so it's an ode to all of these bombastic bollywood movies, the action films, the korean scinem, the revenge films i love so much. it's all of it. >> reporter: the film starts by you reading a comic about the story of the monkey god. >> the white monkey. >> reporter: when did you know that this iconography would actually make sense in movie form? how did you make it understandable for audiences worldwide? >> so my dad, he has this chain around his neck with this monkey holding a mountain in one hand. i was like, dad, what is that? he goes, wait till your granddad comes back from kenya, he'll tell you.

he told me these stories of ramayayan, indian epics. this story of this monkey who represents strength, nobility, courage, justice. it totally fascinated me. iconography akin to western iconography of superman flying. if you go to india, you'll see in the gyms, they've got arnold schwarzenegger and hanuman on the walls. for me, he was also a hero that had lost faith in himself. he forgot who he was and his potential. for me to create an action hero that didn't have confidence, was traumatized, has somewhere to go as a true underdog, that was kind of the ginny for me is taking this mythology and grounding it in some of the plausible and culturally relevant and political and soulful. >> reporter: you're not afraid to go there, especially with issues affecting india but resonate globally. marginalize the communities, classism, greed, corruption.

why was it important for an action movie to delve into these issues, and why now? >> i think everyone in this room, we're all the underdogs of our own story. everyone has to go through trauma to reach triumph. and for me, this is s physically and emotionally. and through finding other scarred individuals, they build them up. >> reporter: you actually broke your hand in one of those incredibly choreographed fight scenes. >> yeah. >> reporter: how did you recover, and what was that training like? especially delving into this sort of new age action superhero role? >> the first scene we had was this huge fight in this bar. in that scene, you know, my hand got broken. and i turned to my producing partner, joe, "i hurt it, it's broken, don't tell anyone, let's finish the shooting day." as we carried on shooting, my hand started to balloon. i got put under, they put a screw in.

the doctor, he made me promise him, basically, "don't put any weight on this hand, no more than a pound or two of pressure." and i was like," copy that, got you." then we went straight back to set. i was flinging myself out of a window. >> reporter: literal blood, sweat, and tears. >> not quite jackie chan, but i tried. >> reporter: jordan peele was actually a producer in this movie. what was it like working with him? and did he have any advice for you as you took on this role? >> i got this call from my agent saying, "have you heard of this guy, jordan peele?" and i was like, "of course." i'm a "get out." fan. >> reporter: qyeah, yeah, yeah. >> sink into the floor. sink. >> he's a titan in the industry. we got on a zoom call. he really understood what i was going for. he uses genre to such an incredible effect to talk about topics that are heavier, more weighty. >> reporter: you said since "slumdog millionaire," you can't go to a wedding without hearing

"jeho." ♪ jeho jeho ♪ >> reporter: now, since "monkey man," is there any worry that people are just going to start challenging you to fight on the street now? you're an action star now. >> keep me away from any frying pan or microwave. no, no, not at all, man. i think i'm a lover, not a fighter. >> reporter: dev, congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> byron: our thanks to ashan. "monkey man" opens in theaters friday. when we come back, the battle to do eye-high kicks on the radio city stage. hn's disea. put it in check with rinvoq... a once—daily pill. when symptoms tried to take control, i got rapid relief... and reduced fatigue with rinvoq. check. when flares kept trying to slow me down... i got lasting steroid—free remission... with rinvoq. check. and when my doctor saw damage,... rinvoq helped visibly reduce damage of the intestinal lining. check.

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