UNRWA also says the confirmed number of its staff killed in Gaza is 14, but that figure is also "probably higher."
"[A total of] 24 confirmed reports of UNRWA installations across the Gaza Strip impacted as a result of airstrikes and bombardment. The actual number is likely to be higher," the report read.
On the morning of October 7, Israel was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Flood Al-Aqsa, announced by the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement. The organization's fighters then infiltrated the border areas in southern Israel.
In response, the IDF launched Operation Iron Swords against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Within days of the attack, the Israeli military took control of all settlements near the Gaza border and began airstrikes on targets, including civilian objects, in the territory of the Gaza Strip. Israel also announced a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip: the supply of water, food, electricity, medicine and fuel was suspended.
The number of victims in the Gaza Strip exceeded 2 thousand people, and the number of dead residents of Israel - a thousand, several thousand Israelis and Palestinians were injured. It was reported about several dead and missing Russians, as well as citizens of other countries. Hamas has about 200-250 Israelis in captivity, among whom at least 22 were killed as a result of the Israeli strikes on the enclave.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on both sides to stop the fighting. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the settlement of the Middle East crisis is possible only on the basis of the "two-state" formula approved by the UN Security Council, which provides for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict over the territorial interests of the parties has been a source of tension and hostility in the region for many decades. The UN resolution of 1947, with the active participation of the USSR, established the creation of two states - Israel and Palestine, but only the Israeli state was created. Israel, while declaring its agreement with the two-state principle, has not definitively liberated the Palestinian territories.