One of the UNRWA employees killed in the attack was Osama Hassan Tahrawi, a 31-year-old school attendant at the local UNRWA school. Initial reports indicate that he was killed by a rocket fired from a helicopter while he was standing in his yard watching the military operation, and that he was killed with another six friends and relatives.
UNRWA’s field staff reported that he was not armed and had no connection either with any militant organization or with the families whose homes were being targeted during the incursion.
The other staff member who was killed was Ahlam Riziq Kandil, a 32-year-old teacher. Reports received by UNRWA indicate that she was hit while in her home. She died from her injuries after being taken to hospital.
Their deaths come just two weeks after another UNRWA worker, Iain Hook, was killed by an Israeli soldier in Jenin camp.
Peter Hansen, the Agency’s Commissioner-General, said, “The tragic death toll for UNRWA staff has now risen to five people in the course of this year. This loss of civilian lives, of people working for a humanitarian U.N. Agency, is completely unacceptable.” He added that UNRWA will carry out a detailed inquiry into the deaths.
UNRWA’s field staff reported that he was not armed and had no connection either with any militant organization or with the families whose homes were being targeted during the incursion.
The other staff member who was killed was Ahlam Riziq Kandil, a 32-year-old teacher. Reports received by UNRWA indicate that she was hit while in her home. She died from her injuries after being taken to hospital.
Their deaths come just two weeks after another UNRWA worker, Iain Hook, was killed by an Israeli soldier in Jenin camp.
Peter Hansen, the Agency’s Commissioner-General, said, “The tragic death toll for UNRWA staff has now risen to five people in the course of this year. This loss of civilian lives, of people working for a humanitarian U.N. Agency, is completely unacceptable.” He added that UNRWA will carry out a detailed inquiry into the deaths.