UNICEF ‘outraged’ after Israeli forces kill water truck drivers in Gaza

Key Points:

• UNICEF condemned the killing of two drivers contracted to deliver clean water to Gaza families by Israeli forces during routine water trucking at the Mansoura water filling point, also injuring two others.
• The agency suspended activities at the site and urged Israeli authorities to investigate the attack, emphasizing that humanitarian workers and critical infrastructure must not be targeted under international humanitarian law.
• Since the ceasefire in Gaza last October, over 750 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, with more than 72,000 casualties reported since the conflict began on October 7, 2023.
• In the occupied West Bank, a 25-year-old Palestinian man, Muhammad Ahmad Suwaiti, was shot dead by Israeli forces in Khirbet Salama, while Israel reported killing a person it described as a terrorist in the illegal settlement of Negohot.
• More than 1,060 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank since the Gaza war started in October 2023, according to Palestinian health authorities.