Overview
- UNICEF said two drivers it hired were shot and killed during routine water deliveries at the Mansoura filling point in northern Gaza, and two others were wounded.
- The agency suspended operations at the site and urged Israeli authorities to investigate and ensure accountability under international humanitarian law.
- Israel’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the incident.
- The Mansoura facility supplies trucks that carry drinking water into Gaza City, so the shutdown could cut deliveries that many families rely on for clean water at home.
- The report lands in a tense period after an October ceasefire that left Gaza divided, with local medics citing more than 750 Palestinian deaths since then and militants killing four Israeli soldiers.