“In the last 24 hours, one UNRWA staff member was killed with her family in the north of the Gaza Strip due to strikes,” the agency said in a statement.
“This is the highest number of United Nations aid workers killed in a conflict in the history of the United Nations.”UN offices around the world lowered their flags to half-mast and UN staff held a moment of silence Monday to mourn and honor their colleagues killed in Gaza.
“They were teachers, school principals, health workers, including a gynecologist, engineers, support staff and a psychologist,” the statement said.
Israel’s current siege and bombardment has created a deepening humanitarian crisis with desperate conditions inside Gaza, including the near total collapse of the healthcare system and the widespread destruction of whole neighborhoods.
This is the area of Gaza to which the Israeli military has instructed civilians in the north of Gaza and Gaza City to move.
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