The UN Palestinian refugee company UNRWA mentioned six staffers had been killed after two airstrikes hit a college in central Gaza on Wednesday, marking what it mentioned was the very best loss of life toll amongst its employees in a single incident.
“Amongst these killed was the supervisor of the UNRWA shelter and different workforce members offering help to displaced individuals,” UNRWA mentioned on X.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israel Defence Forces mentioned in a press release that it carried out a strike on a command and management centre in Nuseirat in central Gaza, which it mentioned was operated by Hamas.
“This college has been hit 5 occasions for the reason that conflict started. It’s house to round 12,000 displaced individuals, primarily girls and kids,” UNRWA mentioned.
The Gaza authorities media workplace mentioned the Israeli strike killed at the least 18 individuals, together with the UNRWA employees members.
U.N. Secretary-Common António Guterres advised Reuters on Wednesday that an absence of accountability for the killing of United Nations employees and humanitarian assist staff in Gaza was “completely unacceptable.”
The Israeli army says it takes steps to scale back the danger of hurt to civilians, and that at the least a 3rd of the Palestinian fatalities in Gaza are militants. It accuses Hamas of utilizing Palestinian civilians as human shields, which Hamas denies.
The conflict was triggered on Oct. 7 when a Hamas-led assault on Israel killed 1,200 individuals and took about 250 hostages, in keeping with Israeli tallies. Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza has killed greater than 41,000 Palestinians, in keeping with the enclave’s well being ministry.