The Palestinian UN agency has confirmed the attack on the aid centre that has led to the killing of at least five staffers and wounding several others.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday said a number of its staff members were killed in an Israeli strike struck a food distribution centre in war-hit Gaza.

A statement issued by the agency said “another 22 were injured when Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in the eastern part of Rafah” in southern Gaza.

It came as donor nations, aid agencies and charities pushed on with efforts to rush food to the impoverished territory.