GAZA CITY: After two truck drivers it hired to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip were killed by Israeli fire, the United Nations children’s organization UNICEF expressed its outrage” on Friday.
The incident happened during regular water trucking on Friday morning at the Mansoura water filling point in northern Gaza, which serves Gaza City, according to a statement from the UN agency. The assault injured two more people.
UNICEF stated that it has halted operations at the location and urged Israeli authorities to conduct an investigation, emphasizing that international humanitarian law requires the protection of civilians, humanitarian workers, and critical water infrastructure. A request for comment was not immediately answered by Israel’s embassy in Washington.
The truce between Israel and Hamas in October put an end to two years of full-scale conflict, but it left Israeli forces in charge of a heavily populated area that makes up more than half of Gaza, with Hamas controlling the remaining, narrow coastal strip. Since then, four Israeli troops have been slain by militants, while local medics report that over 750 Palestinians have died. For breaking the ceasefire, Israel and Hamas have exchanged blame.
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