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United Nations Decries Deaths of Aid Workers in Gaza

Intensifying Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have heightened fears of for its 2.4 million inhabitants (Photo by The AP)
Intensifying Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have heightened fears of for its 2.4 million inhabitants (Photo by The AP)
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United Nations Decries Deaths of Aid Workers in Gaza

Intensifying Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have heightened fears of for its 2.4 million inhabitants (Photo by The AP)
Intensifying Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have heightened fears of for its 2.4 million inhabitants (Photo by The AP)

The chief of the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) decried the situation for UN workers on the ground in Gaza.

He said 64 of his UNRWA colleagues had been killed in just over three weeks, "the highest number of UN aid workers killed in a conflict in such a short time."

Intensifying Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have heightened fears of for its 2.4 million inhabitants, where the health ministry said more than 8,300 have been killed, according to AFP.

Despite UN warnings that not enough aid was arriving in Gaza to meet "unprecedented humanitarian needs," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a ceasefire would amount to surrendering to Hamas, whose gunmen allegedly killed 1,400 people and took more than 230 hostages in an unprecedented attack on 7 October, according to the latest Israeli figures.

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Blinken Speaks to Israel’s Dermer about Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

A man sits on rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike at the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (AFP)
A man sits on rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike at the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (AFP)
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Blinken Speaks to Israel’s Dermer about Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

A man sits on rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike at the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (AFP)
A man sits on rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike at the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on November 12, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the importance of improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza in a meeting with Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in Washington on Monday, the State Department said.

Dermer updated Blinken on operational changes and policy decisions taken by Israel in response to a US letter sent in October, the department said in a statement on Tuesday.

Blinken "emphasized the importance of ensuring those changes lead to an actual improvement in the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, including through the delivery of additional assistance to civilians throughout Gaza," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in the statement.