Israeli military acknowledged his troops killed a UN worker in Gaza strip

The Israeli military acknowledged that he had killed a worker of the United Nations with a tank fire, and had denied the responsibility of an incident in the Gaza Strip last month.

After a UN employee was killed when a UN Unit at Deir Al Balah was damaged on March 19 on March 19, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said they did not hit the site.

But the IDF said on Thursday that the initial findings of his incident investigation show that his troops actually killed the UN worker after wrongly identifying the building as a “enemy presence”.

The statement said: “The building was struck because of the evaluated presence of the enemy and was not identified by the forces as a UN facility.”

These preliminary findings have been shared with the UN and the full conclusion will be made, the statement said.

He added: “IDF regrets this serious incident and continues to carry out in -depth examination processes to attract operational lessons and to evaluate additional measures to prevent such events in the future.

“We express our deep sorrow for the loss and send our condolences to the family.”

The incident killed by the UN Bulgarian worker Marin Valev Marinov and seriously injured five other UN officials came the day after Israel renewed his offensive against Hamas After a two -month termination of the fire it collapsed.

At that time, UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres called for a full investigation into the incident while a spokesman stated: “The locations of all UN premises were known to the parties to the conflict that were bound by international law to protect them and maintain their absolute inviolability.”

Following the attack, the United Nations Project Services (UNOPS) service stated that “Explosive orders have been dropped or fired” at a guest house that is in an “isolated” place. Its CEO Jorge Moreira da Silva said this was no accident. “

IDF said in a statement On the day of the attack: “Contrary to the reports, IDF did not hit a UN compound in Deir El-Bala. The IDF calls on the media to act with caution with regard to unverified reports.”

The BBC -checked footage showed that injured people – two wearing UN Flak Blue Jackets – arrived at an ambulance hospital and a UN car.

Separately, IDF said earlier this week This “professional failures” led to the murder of 15 workers in an emergency in the Gaza incident last month.

Hamas Health Ministry in Gaza says at least 1,978 people were killed as Israel renewed its offensive on the territory, With at least 50 reported killed by Israeli strikes on Thursday.

Israel says he puts military pressure on Hamas to release the 59 hostages he still holds, 24 of which are thought to be alive.

It also blocks all supplies of humanitarian aid and other supplies to gas for seven weeks. The UN says it is “additional deprivation of people from the means of survival and undermining every aspect of civic life.”

The Israeli military launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to an unprecedented cross -border attack on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and 251 others were taken hostage.

Since then, more than 51,300 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the territory.