Jacob Flickinger, WCK aid worker killed in Gaza, wanted to ‘help others’

When Jacob Flickinger went to the Gaza Strip three weeks ago to distribute food with World Central Kitchen, he asked his father to tell his mother he was in Cyprus instead. He didn’t want her to worry.He planned to leave at the end of this week, he told his father, John, on Sunday via text. The two wished each other a happy Easter.The next day, the 33-year-old dual U.S.-Canadian citizen was dead, one of seven World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrikes on the aid group’s convoy.“He was a good man,” his father said. “He was doing what he loved and just wanted to…