She added,UNRWA“This is the highest number of deaths among our employees in a single incident,” the statement said.
For his part, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on the platform:X“It’s” since the beginning War in Gaza At least 220 agency employees were killed.”
He stressed that “there has been a blatant and relentless disregard for humanitarian teams since the beginning of the war.”
He concluded his post by saying: “The longer impunity continues, the worse it will become.” humanitarian law International and the Geneva Conventions “irrelevant”.
The Israeli Parliament (Knesset) had approved “in principle” last July a draft law classifying “UNRWA” terrorist organization He suggests cutting ties with her.
The vote is the latest step in an Israeli campaign against the agency, which Israeli leaders accuse of collaborating with the “agitation” in Gaza.
UNRWA provides education, health care and aid services to millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
UNRWA’s relations with the Palestinians have always been tense. IsraelBut it has deteriorated sharply since the start of the war in Gaza, and Israel has repeatedly called for the agency to be dissolved.
Israel says hundreds of UNRWA employees are members of “terrorist” groups including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but has yet to provide evidence to a UN review process.
Several donor countries stopped funding UNRWA following the Israeli accusations, but many have since reversed the decision.
