6 UN staff among 18 people killed in Israel's barbaric attack on Gaza

Six UNRWA workers are among the 18 people who were killed yesterday in a barbaric attack carried out by the army of the Zionist regime of Israel in a school managed by the United Nations in the Central Gaza Strip. .

Sep 13, 2024 - 14:00

6 UN staff among 18 people killed in Israel's barbaric attack on Gaza

Commenting on the attack in a message posted on the X social network, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said: "What is happening in Gaza is not acceptable at all. A school that was turned into a home for about 12,000 people has been attacked again by Israel today" and added by saying: "six of our colleagues of UNRWA are among those killed".

Guterres made the statement after 18 people were killed in an attack carried out by the army of the Zionist regime against al-Jaouni school in the residence of citizens who were forced to leave their homes in the center of Gaza, and several others were injured.

"This gross violation of international humanitarian law needs to be stopped now," the UN Secretary-General has stressed.

UNRWA said it was the "highest death toll" of its workers in a single incident, since Israel launched a brutal and genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza on October 7, 2023.

The statement of the UN organization said: "among those killed is the manager of the UNRWA shelter and other members of the team providing assistance to the displaced people. We offer our sincere condolences to their families and loved ones," it said on X.

The al-Jaouni school has been hit five times by the Zionist army since the war against Gaza began.

Witnesses of yesterday's brutal attack have said that "women and children have been blown up and cut into pieces" in the attack.

So far, about 41,084 Palestinians have been martyred and 95,029 have been injured in the war of the Zionist regime of Israel against the Gaza Strip.../