The UN Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported that 79 UN personnel have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the conflict between the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel began to escalate. corresponding broadcasting It was published on the organization’s website.
“A total of 79 UNRWA workers have been killed and at least 24 injured since October 7,” the agency said.
It was recorded that 5 UNRWA employees were killed in the last 48 hours.
UNRWA also reported that it is currently impossible to contact most UNRWA staff due to the communications blackout in Gaza.
“There is currently a communications blackout in the Gaza Strip. “UNRWA is unable to communicate with the vast majority of our team members,” he said.
According to him, this is the third communication outage in the region in 10 days.
“Gazanians remain completely cut off from their loved ones and the world,” UNRWA added.
Following the start of the war between Hamas and Israel, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians found temporary shelter in UNRWA facilities.
October 7 Gaza-based radical group Hamas loyalty Attack on Israel. More than 1.4 thousand people became victims of this attack. In response, the Israel Defense Forces launched a military operation against Hamas. More than 9 thousand people were victimized.
The situation in the Middle East has worsened since thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7. More than two hundred hostages were captured.
Israel Defense Forces Operation accepted One of the goals of the organization called “Iron Swords” is to destroy Hamas. Israeli air forces launched strikes against hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off water, food, supplies, electricity and fuel supplies to the strip.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promise Destroy Hamas.