UN says it will ‘reduce its footprint’ in Gaza

The impact of a projectile is visible on the wall of a UN guesthouse where United Nations workers were located when the building was struck, leaving one staff member dead and five others injured, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

The United Nations has said it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staff member and wounding five others.

Israel has denied it was behind the March 19 explosion at the UN guesthouse in central Gaza.