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

In a rare apology to the United Nations, Israel said its forces had struck a U.N. compound in Gaza with tank fire. A Bulgarian aid worker was killed.

The admission confirmed Post reporting that the blasts were caused by Israeli tank shells. The Israeli military previously denied its troops were involved.

The UN’s food agency announced on Friday that it has run out of all food stock in Gaza after eight weeks of Israel’s humanitarian aid blockade, which has left the entire territory on the brink of — or in the depths of — famine.

The United Nations’ World Food Programme has run out of food in Gaza, the organization said Friday, two months into Israel’s humanitarian blockade of the besieged enclave.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he pushed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow food and medicine into the Gaza Strip. Canadians will vote to elect a new government on Monday, and polls show Carney's Liberals have a slim lead over the Conservatives.