“We pay tribute to our 35 colleagues who have been killed in Gaza since October 7. We mourn and remember. It’s not just about numbers. These are our friends and colleagues. Many were teachers in our schools”
Another six workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) were killed in the Gaza Strip within a period of twenty-four hours, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced last Monday night.
The development brought to 35 the number of staff members of the UN agency for Palestine refugees who have died so far since the Israel/Hamas war broke out on October 7.
“We have no words,” commented UNRWA via X (formerly Twitter).
“We pay tribute to our 35 colleagues killed in Gaza since October 7. We mourn and remember. It’s not just about numbers. These are our friends and colleagues. Many were teachers in our schools. UNRWA mourns the enormous loss.”
Also through X, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, expressing sadness for the deaths, emphasized that he stands “by the side of our colleagues who are doing everything they can to help those in need”.
In its daily report, OCHA highlighted the difficulties faced by humanitarian organizations in their efforts to distribute aid to the population of Gaza “due to ongoing hostilities, restrictions on movement and shortages of electricity, fuel, water, medicine and other essentials species”.
As of Saturday, international aid began to trickle in through Egypt in the small enclave where 2.4 million Palestinians are crammed.
About fifty trucks entered the Gaza Strip in three days through the Rafah crossing, the only one not controlled by Israel.
Source :Skai
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