The UN agency said half of the colleagues killed in Gaza war were teachers. Photo courtesy of UNRWA official X account (@UNRWA)
"We are in shock and mourning. It is now confirmed that 29 of our colleagues in Gaza have been killed since October 7," UNRWA wrote on X, formerly Twitter after having released a death toll of 17 staffers on Saturday.
We are in shock and mourning.
It is now confirmed that 29 of our colleagues in📍#Gaza have been killed since October 7.
Half of these colleagues were @unrwa teachers.
As an Agency, we are devastated. We are grieving with each other and with the families. pic.twitter.com/TPTdUAAjg3
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) October 22, 2023
"Half of these colleagues were UNRWA teachers," the agency said of its latest toll.
Thousands of Gaza residents have sought shelter at UNRWA facilities since Israel launched an aerial bombardment campaign in reprisal for Hamas attacks in Israel in which 1,400 people were killed.
More than 4,600 Palestinians have been killed in those air strikes, according to the Palestanian health ministry in Gaza, with Israel also cutting off supplies of fuel, water, food and electricity to the impoverished enclave.
Twelve displaced people have been killed and nearly 180 wounded at the UN agency's schools, while some 38 UNRWA installations have been damaged, the agency said.
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