GAZA CITY, Gaza (CNN) â€" The United Nations has “lost confidence†in the Israeli military’s attempts to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on a U.N. relief convoy on Thursday, the aid agency’s director said.
A statement from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded a full investigation into the incident in which he said two contract workers were killed. UNRWA director John Ging said one aid worker was killed.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency halted some of its operations after the incident, which took place near the Israel-Gaza border.
CNN report
ABC Australia Report
In the latest incident one person was killed when a truck convoy on its way to pick up UN assistance was hit by two tank shells in northern Gaza, a UN spokesman said citing the contractors.
"A convoy going towards Erez came under fire, according to the contractor," said the UNRWA's Chris Gunness.
"Two tank shells impacted near a forklift, and one person was killed," he said.
"The forklift trucks had been contracted to pick up UN goods," he said, adding that the convoy had been coordinated with the Israeli military.
Associated Press Report:
he U.N. suspended aid shipments in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and the Red Cross restricted its convoys after their trucks came under Israeli fire. The threat of a wider conflict arose when militants in Lebanon fired two rockets into northern Israel.
One rocket crashed into a retirement home, but there were no serious injuries. Israel responded with mortar shells.
The driver of the U.N. truck died immediately; another worker in the truck died later of his wounds. The truck, which came under fire in northern Gaza, was marked with the U.N. flag and insignia.
During a three-hour pause in the fighting to allow in food and fuel and let medics collect the dead, nearly three dozen bodies were found beneath the rubble of bombed out buildings in Gaza City.
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