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The UN secretary-general has condemned the killing of members of the UN Department of Safety and Security during the Israeli airstrike on Rafah. He was killed during his service to the Gaza community to check and safeguard the already devasted city. Find out how he was killed during the Airstrike.
Israeli forces order medical staff at Rafah’s Kuwaiti Hospital to evacuate as Gaza’s Health Ministry warns that the health system could collapse across the Strip in “a few hours”.Fierce clashes in Jabalia in north Gaza as Israel sends troops and tanks back into the area. The ground assault follows a night of intense air raids in the area.
The incident occurred on Monday morning when their UN-marked vehicle was struck as they were on their way to the European Hospital in Rafah, said Farhan Haq, the deputy spokesman.
UN chief Antonio Guterres “was deeply saddened to learn of the death of a United Nations Department of Safety and Security (DSS) staff member and injury to another DSS staffer when their UN vehicle was struck as they traveled to the European Hospital in Rafah,” said his deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq.
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“The secretary-general condemns all attacks on UN personnel and calls for a full investigation. He sends his condolences to the family of the fallen staff member,” he said.
The DSS staffer became the first international staff member of the United Nations killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. Some 190 Palestinian UN staffers have lost their lives. ISREAL-HAMAS WAR IS CREATING SERIOUS IMPASSE AROUND THE WORLD. ISREAL-HAMAS WAR IS CREATING SERIOUS IMPASSE AROUND THE WORLD.
The names and nationalities of the DSS staffers killed and injured were being withheld as the United Nations was in the process of informing the relevant governments and the relevant family members, said Haq.
The DSS staffers were doing their regular work of going to different locations to assess security conditions, he said. ISREAL-HAMAS WAR IS CREATING SERIOUS IMPASSE AROUND THE WORLD. ■