The Commissioner-General of UNRWA announced on Friday that it had been confirmed that more than 100 of the agency’s employees had been killed in Gaza as a result of the continuous Israeli bombing of the Strip since last October 7, stressing that “this tragedy must end with an immediate ceasefire.”

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that more than 100 of its employees have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli bombing and attacks on it on October 7.

The Agency's Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, expressed on the X platform his feeling of "dismay" after it was confirmed that more than 100 of our colleagues in UNRWA were killed within one month.

Lazzarini added, "This tragedy must end with an immediate ceasefire."

For 35 days, the Israeli occupation army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza, leaving 11,078 Palestinian martyrs, including 4,506 children and about 2,918 women, and wounding more than 26,000. 183 Palestinians were martyred and 2,280 were arrested in the occupied West Bank, according to official sources.