World Central Kitchen Halts Operations
The group World Central Kitchen said it was pausing operations after the "targeted Israeli strike" killed Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian employees.
The Israeli military vowed to hold an investigation and to share its findings "transparently", with spokesman Daniel Hagari expressing "deepest condolences" and praising the group's "noble mission".
The aid workers' deaths came as fighting raged in the Gaza war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack in which fierce battles have left the largest hospital, Al-Shifa, in ruins with hundreds reported killed.
Middle East tensions have surged after Israel was also blamed for a deadly air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus that killed seven Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to push on with the war to destroy Hamas, despite rising concern voiced by top ally Washington, and nightly mass street protests at home demanding he step down.
The United States said that it had expressed concerns to Israel about its planned offensive in Gaza's crowded southern city of Rafah, and that Israel had pledged to "take these concerns into account".
Anti-government demonstrators rally outside the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem and march to the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding early elections and a hostage deal amid growing anger over the handling of the war in Gaza.
"We want to bring the hostages back home, that is the first, most important thing," says one protester.
Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 32,916 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.
During the war, Gaza has been under a tight blockade, with the United Nations accusing Israel of preventing humanitarian aid deliveries and warning of "catastrophic" hunger.
