The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that 258 of the agency's employees have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war.

The UN Commissioner added in statements to the media that nearly 650 incidents against the agency's buildings and facilities have been recorded since the beginning of the war.

He confirmed that more than two-thirds of the agency's buildings were damaged or destroyed, most of which were used as schools for children.

Lazzarini said at least 745 people were killed in UN agency shelters while seeking UN protection.