Five dead, 22 injured after Israeli air strike on Gaza UN food distribution centre

Palestinian children wait to receive food during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem.

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Israel said on Wednesday that its airstrike on a UN food distribution centre in southern Gaza killed a Hamas commander who had been targeted but Palestinian health officials said it also killed four more people including a UN worker.

The Israeli military said the strike killed Mohammad Abu Hasna, whom it described as a Hamas militant who provided intelligence to the group on Israeli troops' positions and was "also involved in taking control of humanitarian aid and distributing it to Hamas terrorists."