More than 100 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) were killed in airstrikes in Gaza since the start of the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since Saturday, October 7.
They included teachers at UNRWA schools, gynecologists, engineers, psychological counselors, and support staff.
Taking to X, on Friday, November 10, UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said, “Devastated. Over 100 @UNRWA colleagues confirmed killed in 1 month.”
“@UNRWA is mourning, Palestinians mourning, Israelis mourning. Ending this tragedy needs #Humanitarianceasefire now,” he added.
He reiterated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
Israeli strike on Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital kills 13
At least 13 Palestinians were killed and injured dozen others in an Israeli airstrike on compound of Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest facility in Gaza City, AFP reported.
“Al-Shifa Hospital, Al-Rantisi, Al-Nasir Pediatric Hospitals, Eyes Hospital and Mental Hospital are being heavily bombed by the IDF,” Gaza Health Ministry Spokesperson Ashraf Al-Quedra on Friday said.
He said that around 38 children who were suffering from kidney failure were deprived of dialysis services in the only centre designated for children in the Gaza. He said that the hospital is not functioning as it has run out of fuel.
Quedra said that children, who are being treated in hospitals, may die soon as there are no oxygen cylinders left at these hospitals. He said that displaced people and health professionals are without food and water in besieged hospitals in Gaza.
He said that two ambulance drivers who were returning from south Gaza to the north were arrested even though there was coordination with the International Red Cross.
50 bodies recovered from school in Gaza after Israeli strikes
About 50 bodies were recovered on Friday, November 10, from inside Al-Buraq School in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, north of Gaza City, following Israeli missile and artillery strikes that targeted the school late on Thursday, November 9, the director of Al-Shifa hospital Mohammed Abu Salimia said, AFP reported.
Israeli strikes have killed 11,078 Palestinians, including 4,506 children, 3,027 women and 676 elders, while 27,490 people were injured, the Health Ministry in Gaza said.
Israel targeted 135 health institutions and put 21 hospitals and 47 primary care health centers out of service.
In Israel, the number of people killed in Hamas attacks reached 1,600, including Israeli soldiers, while more than 5,000 were injured.
Saudi Crown Prince calls for end to war in Gaza
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday called for an end to the war in Gaza.
“We condemn what the Gaza Strip is facing from military assault, targeting of civilians, the violations of international law by the Israeli occupation authorities,” Prince Mohammed said on Friday, during an African-Saudi summit in Riyadh.
“We stress the need to stop this war and the forced displacement of Palestinians.”
IDF raids Hamas top leader Yahiya Sinwar’s brother’s office
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday said that it has raided the office of Hamas outfit top leader Yahiya Sinwa’s brother Mohammed Sinwar’s office and seized weapons.
The IDF said that the elite 7th armoured brigade conducted raids at the office of Mohammed Sinwar and seized several Hamas pamphlets in addition to the weapons.
The armed forces also raided a Hamas military outpost and training ground in the middle of a civilian residential area. The IDF said that they seized several weapons, missiles, drones, maps, communication devices, mortars and technological devices.
The 7th Armoured Brigade also raided the Hamas ‘Sabra’ battalion and recovered anti-rocket activation and calibration systems.
The IDF said that they seized drones, loaded rocket launchers, technological devices, electronic components, and several other documents from the Sabra battalion.
