The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Monday that 408 humanitarian workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, including more than 280 of its own employees. The agency emphasized the "importance of accountability" for the killings carried out by Israel.

The UN agency said in a statement that the number of humanitarian workers killed since the beginning of the genocidal war a year and a half ago has risen to 408, including more than 280 of its employees.

She added, "Targeting or endangering emergency responders, journalists, or humanitarian workers in Gaza is a blatant and dangerous disregard for international law."

She condemned the killings in the Gaza Strip, which she said had "become routine," and stressed the "importance of accountability."

She stressed that international humanitarian law "applies to everyone without exception," calling for "the protection of civilians at all times."