At least one Unrwa staff member killed in Israeli strike on aid centre

The UN agency Unrwa said on Wednesday that at least one of its staff members has been killed and another 22 have been wounded after Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in the eastern part of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

“Today’s attack on one of the very few remaining Unrwa distribution centres in the Gaza Strip comes as food supplies are running out, hunger is widespread and, in some areas, turning into famine,” said Unrwa commissioner general Philippe Lazzarini.