2023-10-11 18:00:51
UNRWA school damaged by Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip – Mohammed Talatene/Dpa
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MADRID, 11 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has confirmed that eleven of its workers have died in recent days, victims of the bombings perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces on the Gaza Strip, “some of them in their homes with their families.
An official of the organization, Jenifer Austin, has updated this balance, in a statement in which she reports on the death of five teachers from UNRWA schools, where tens of thousands of people who have had to leave their homes are now taking refuge. .
Austin recalled that both UN personnel and the civilian population “must be protected at all times during conflicts.” The Arab Crescent has also reported the death this Wednesday of four workers, while the Gaza Ministry of Health has raised the global death toll in the Strip to 1,100 for the moment.
“We ask that the clashes end to prevent more civilian lives from being lost,” claimed the head of UNRWA in her note.
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