UNRWA: 205 Humanitarian Workers Killed in Gaza Since October 7
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced on Friday that 205 humanitarian workers have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, by the occupying Zionist army.
In a statement, the UN agency highlighted that the ongoing attacks by Zionist forces in Gaza have led to ” civilian casualties, displacement of people and the destruction of residential structures and public infrastructure.”
“As of 7 August, the total number of UNRWA colleagues killed since 7 October is 205,” the agency stated.
The statement also highlighted that “up to 1.9 million people (or nine in ten people) across the Gaza Strip are internally displaced, including people who have been repeatedly displaced (some up to 10 times).”
Additionally, the medical system remains “barely functional with 90 hospitals and primary health care centres not functioning,” according to the Agency.
UNRWA emphasized its role as a “major actor in the health sector, providing health services across 10 primary health centres and up to 100 mobile medical points across the Gaza Strip.”
Despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire, the Zionist entity continues its brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
Since that date, nearly 39,700 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of whom are women and children, and more than 91,700 others have been injured, according to local medical authorities.
More than 10 months into the Zionist aggression, vast areas of Gaza remain in ruins amid a crippling siege that restricts access to food, potable water, and medicine.
