Previously, so many UNRWA workers have not been killed in a single attack, the organization said.
Several people were killed on Wednesday in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
In Gaza, an Israeli strike hit a school, killing 14 people, according to Hamas-affiliated Gaza civil protection authorities. Recently, Israel has frequently struck schools in Gaza, claiming that Hamas fighters are hiding there.
UNRWA, the UN aid organization for Palestinian refugees by six employees of the organization died in the attack. Previously, so many UNRWA workers have not been killed in a single attack, the organization said.
– This school has been attacked five times since the start of the war. About 12,000 people who have run away from their homes, mostly women and children, have sought refuge at the school. No one is safe in Gaza, the organization said on the X message service.
According to the UN, 2.4 million people lived in Gaza before the beginning of October last year. The vast majority of them have had to flee their homes at least once during Israel’s months-long offensive.
The Gaza war began last year on October 7 after Hamas and other Palestinian extremist organizations attacked Israel. Israel responded to the attack by extremist organizations by invading Gaza. According to the Hamas-run Gaza health authorities, at least 41,000 people have died in the region during the war. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, most of them are women and children.
Airstrikes on the West Bank as well
In the West Bank, eight people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two different targets, the Red Crescent and the region’s Ministry of Health say. According to the Israeli army, it was an anti-terrorist operation.
In the Tubas area, five people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town. Later, in Tulkarem, an Israeli airstrike hit a car, killing the three people inside.
Israel, on the other hand, says that one of its soldiers died in the West Bank after being hit by a Palestinian van. The driver of the van was killed by Israeli forces.
Israel has been occupying the West Bank since 1967, in violation of international law.
Violence has also increased in the West Bank since Israel began its military operations in the Gaza Strip in October last year.