The United Nations said one staff member was killed and another was injured as they arrived at a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday.
It said the workers were traveling in a United Nations vehicle to the European Hospital near Rafah when it was attacked.
The United Nations did not mention who it believed was responsible for the attack.
The Israeli army said an initial investigation showed the vehicle was attacked in an ongoing war zone and that it was unaware of its route.
Footage posted on social media and verified by the BBC shows a UN vehicle with multiple bullet holes outside the European Hospital.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed they received a report from the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) that two of its workers were injured in the Rafah area – southern Gaza – on Monday. Two.
The IDF added that the incident is under review.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “deeply saddened” to learn of the workers’ deaths and sent condolences to their families, his spokesman, Farhan Haq, said in a statement. declare, outside.
“The Secretary-General condemns all attacks on United Nations personnel and calls for a comprehensive investigation,” Mr. Haq added.
Mr. Haq said the dead and injured staff were international workers, not Palestinians, and he believed this was the first death of a United Nations international staff member in Gaza since the capture of Palestinians. beginning of conflict.
In a separate statement, Mr. Guterres said more than 190 UN staff had been killed in Gaza since the war began.
While the worker who died on Monday is believed to be the United Nations’ first international victim, so are six international aid workers and a Palestinian colleague from international food charity World Central Kitchen. has been confirmed. killed in an Israeli attack in early April.
Their deaths sparked an international outcry and the IDF fired two senior officers over the incident, which they described as a “serious accident”.
Israel launched a military operation in Gaza with the stated aim of destroying Hamas – which controls Gaza – in response to the group’s cross-border attack on southern Israel on October 7, which resulted in about 1,200 people were killed and another 252 were taken hostage.
According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, more than 35,090 people have been killed in Gaza since then.
