UN aid chief ‘demands answers’ after UN staffer killed in Gaza
The UN’s humanitarian aid chief Tom Fletcher has described the killing of a UN staff member and the wounding of five others in an attack in Gaza as “infuriating”.
Fletcher said the strikes targeted a “clearly designated” UN compound in Gaza, and the UN demands “answers” while “we grieve with the family of our colleague”.
“International law is clear. Civilians – including UN staff and humanitarian workers – must not be targeted. The international community must join us in insisting on a genuine investigation and accountability,” Fletcher said in a statement, without attributing blame for the killing.
Earlier, Hamas said the Israeli military is guilty of a “heinous crime” for targeting UN staff for attack in order to “terrorise” aid workers still operating in Gaza.
Houthis say they carried out missile attack targeting Ben Gurion airport
Earlier, we reported that Israel’s air force destroyed a missile launched from Yemen before it entered the country’s territorial space.
Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree has now confirmed that attack, saying, “The Yemeni armed forces carried out a qualitative military operation targeting Ben Gurion airport in the occupied Jaffa region with a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile.”
Saree said the operation “successfully achieved its objective”, without elaborating.
No casualties have been reported so far. We will bring you more information when we have it.
Translation: The moment settlers fled to shelters after the Yemeni armed forces bombed Ben Gurion airport with a “Palestine-2” missile. The occupation ambulance admitted that 13 settlers were injured as a result of the stampede while escaping.
Egyptian, Qatari foreign ministers speak about Gaza situation
Egypt’s Badr Abdelatty and Qatar’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani have spoken over the phone, according to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.
The top diplomats, whose countries are key mediators in negotiations between Israel and Hamas, discussed efforts to revive the Gaza ceasefire agreement and implement its three outlined phases, the ministry statement said. They also explored ways to advance the Arab-led Gaza reconstruction plan, it added.
“The two ministers agreed on the importance of continuing joint coordination between the two countries to contain rising tensions in the region and to work together toward launching a political settlement that ensures long-term regional stability through the establishment of a Palestinian state as a final resolution to the conflict,” it added.
