The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on Sunday mourned nine of its employees were killed during the last two weeks in the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
"These were people who had dedicated years or decades to serving the Palestine refugees of Gaza", said UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl. "Many of them were educators, inculcating in children the hope of a brighter future and supporting them through the most difficult of times. Another, despite being displaced himself, worked to help other displaced families in the UNRWA school in Jabalia.
 The cruel ways in which they lost their lives has devastated families they leave behind and all of us in UNRWA." In a statement today, the agency said that the UNRWA staff members are: Fatma A Rahim Abu Amouna, 54, a teacher; Inas Shaban Derbas, 30, a teacher; Mohammed A Raouf Al-Dadda, 39, a teacher; Ismail A. Qader El-Kujk, 53, an environmental-health worker; Farid Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed, 50, a teacher; Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed, 51, a school principal; Munir Ibrahim El Hajjar, a teacher; Medhat Ahmed Al Amoudi, 53, a labourer, and Abdallah Naser Khalil Fahajan, 21, a school attendant.