17 UN officials killed in Gaza

The United Nations (UN) announced that it increased to 17 the number of its employees who lost their lives in the Gaza Strip, subjected to intense attacks by Israel.

In the statement made on the official website of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), “From October 7 to today, 17 UNRWA employees have been killed in this brutal war. Statements were included.

The statement notes that the actual numbers are likely higher.

In the statement made yesterday by UNRWA, it was reported that two more UNRWA employees were killed and the number of UN employees who lost their lives in the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli attacks since October 7, increased at 16.

In the same statement, it was stated that basic living materials such as fuel, food, water and medicine were needed in Gaza, and that continuous and unhindered humanitarian aid should be provided to the region, and the call to fulfill the right international humanitarian and The need to protect civilians, civilian infrastructure and United Nations facilities was reiterated. (AA)