UNRWA refutes reports claiming staff member killed in Gaza
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has rejected claims circulated in Israel and on social media that an agency staff member was killed alongside Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip.
The reports have been denounced as part of a disinformation campaign to undermine the agency and its personnel.
“Once again, unchecked information is used to discredit UNRWA and its staff,” the group’s Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement on X.
Lazzarini confirmed that the staff member mentioned in the reports is alive and currently resides in Egypt.
“Earlier today, reports circulated on social and Israeli media that an UNRWA staff member was killed together with the Hamas head in Gaza,” he said. “I confirm that the staff member in question is alive. He currently lives in Egypt where he traveled with his family in April through the Rafah border.”
Lazzarini emphasized the need to halt the spread of false information by Israel.
Israel has continued its war on Gaza despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.
Israel has killed more than 42,400 people, mostly women and children, and injured more than 99,100, according to local health authorities.
The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the Gaza Strip. Its blockade of humanitarian assistance has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.
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