WASHINGTON DC, Thursday, March 14, 2024 (WAFA) - The U.S. administration has asked Israel for answers after an Israeli airstrike on a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facility in Rafah, southern Gaza, killed an aid worker and injured civilians.

White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby told reporters on Thursday the US is “in touch with our Israeli counterparts” to “gather more information about exactly what happened” in regards to the airstrike on the UN-run aid warehouse.

“We’re very concerned about that,” Kirby said.

An UNRWA spokesperson said a number of the 22 aid workers at the facility were injured in the strike, some quite severely.

The head of UNWRA, Philippe Lazzarini, said in a statement that the “attack on one of the very few remaining UNRWA distribution centres in the Gaza Strip comes as food supplies are running out, hunger is widespread and, in some areas, turning into famine”.

“Attacks against UN facilities, convoys and personnel have become commonplace, in blatant disregard to international humanitarian law,”  he added.

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