The UN World Food Program (WFP) says an aid convoy was attacked by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement released on Monday, the WFP said it “strongly condemns the horrific incident on January 5, when Israeli forces opened fire on a clearly marked WFP convoy near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, putting the lives of our workers at great risk and leaving their vehicles immobilized.”
The Israeli army said they were looking into the report.
Eight of the workers involved were threatened by Israeli shelling, the UN agency said. They were harmless.
The aid convoy was authorized by the Israeli authorities, the WFP stressed.
“This unacceptable incident is just the latest example of the complex and dangerous working environment in which WFP and other organizations operate today.
The WFP urged all parties to respect international humanitarian law, protect civilian life, and allow humanitarian aid to travel safely.
Several aid workers have been killed in Israeli airstrikes during the current Gaza war.
Palestinians survey the destruction after a factory was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah. According to reports from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, at least 28 people were killed after Israeli airstrikes in refugee camps in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Photos by Omar Ashtawy/APA via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
