By Nour Abuaisha and Mohammad Sio
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - A foreign worker was killed, and five others were injured in an Israeli strike targeting a UN-affiliated facility in central Gaza, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
The ministry statement, however, did not provide any details about their nationalities.
According to an Anadolu reporter, the targeted personnel were part of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS).
Images circulating on social media showed UN personnel receiving first aid after the Israeli attack.
There was no immediate comment from the UN.
More than 400 Palestinians were killed and hundreds injured in renewed Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday, in one of the biggest single-day tolls since the start of Israel’s genocidal war in October 2023. The attacks shattered a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that lasted nearly two months.
The victims in Tuesday’s assault included 89 women, 174 children, and 32 elderly people, according to local authorities.
Nearly 50,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 112,000 others injured in a brutal Israeli military campaign in Gaza since October 2023.
In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.