Israel had previously denied its troops were responsible for the killing of a UN worker with tank fire on 19 March.

At least 50 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials and first responders say. Nine people died in the morning when a missile hit a police station in the market area of Jabalia town, in northern Gaza, a local hospital said.

A series of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have left dozens dead, Palestinian media reported on Thursday. At least 15 people were killed in Jabaliya in the north of the blockaded coastal strip when a building sheltering displaced persons was hit,