The Commissioner -General of the Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) Philip Lazarini revealed the killing of more than 300 agency employees during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Lazarini pointed out that the vast majority of employees were killed by the Israeli army with their children and loved ones, while many of them were killed while performing their “duty to serve their societies.”
He explained that most of the dead were health workers and the United Nations teachers, who support their societies.
UNRWA, the Commissioner -General of UNRWA stressed that “nothing justifies crimes in Gaza and impunity will lead to further killing.”
The Agency Commissioner -General stated last month that the Israeli army had arrested more than 50 of its employees since the war in Gaza began, including teachers and doctors, where they were tortured and used human shields.
And the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced last November that it had officially informed the United Nations that it had canceled the agreement concluded with UNRWA, which allows the latter to provide support and work in Palestine.
It is noteworthy that UNRWA was established in December 1949 by the United Nations General Assembly, in which about 18,000 employees work in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including 13,000 in the education sector and 1500 in the health sector, and provide support to refugees in the Palestinians inside or neighboring countries.
Israel had resumed the aggression against Gaza on March 18, after it turned against the ceasefire agreement, and during this period the shelling resulted in the death of about 3,200 Palestinians and the injury of nearly 9,000, while tens of thousands were displaced from their areas.
It is noteworthy that Israel – supported by an American – has committed since October 7, 2023 genocide crimes in Gaza, which left more than 174 thousand martyrs and wounded Palestinians, most of them children and women, and more than 11 thousand missing.
Amid the escalation of warnings of the outbreak of famine in the sector, international reports indicate that more than 80% of its population are suffering from a severe lack of food security, amid the collapse of health and humanitarian infrastructure as a result of the continuous shelling.