A foreign national was killed and four others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the site of a United Nations headquarters in central Gaza City on Wednesday, Gaza's health ministry said.

The Israeli military denied targeting the UN compound in Deir al-Balah, stating it had struck a Hamas site in northern Gaza where it said preparations for firing into Israeli territory were detected.

An Israeli air strike killed a UN worker and wounded five others on Wednesday in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The bombing targeted a UN headquarters in Deir al-Balah, local media reported.