The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes in central Gaza has been strongly condemned by senior UN humanitarian officials who on Tuesday reiterated repeated concerns that 'there is no safe space left in Gaza'.

'This is not an isolated incident,' said Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). 'As of 20 March, at least 196 humanitarians had been killed in the OPT since October 2023. This is nearly three times the death toll recorded in any single conflict in a year.'