Israeli air attacks on Gaza have killed at least 20 aid workers in the period between October 10 and November 13, reports Al Jazeera.
Eight international aid groups, including Oxfam and Save the Children, working in the enclave in a joint statement shared the information on Wednesday.
The groups said in a published report, “Staffs were killed in their homes, in displacement camps and while delivering life-saving aid.”
“Besides, many aid workers lost close family members and relatives.”
These include four engineers and workers with an Oxfam partner, who were killed on October 19 while on their way to repair water infrastructure in Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis.
“Despite prior coordination with Israeli authorities, their clearly-marked vehicle was attacked,” the report said.
More than 300 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its war in October of last year. This is the highest number ever recorded in any single crisis in the world.
However, Israel on Wednesday rejected the allegation of killing air workers in Gaza, saying, said humanitarian organizations had not coordinated with, or sought information from, the military before filing their report and thus had produced a conclusion based on “partial information”.
The military said the organizations had evaluated a joint task force of the military and international bodies for humanitarian aid “despite none of the organizations being partners in this room or aware of the processes occurring there”.
It also said that it “intends to continue its tireless efforts to improve the humanitarian situation in the Strip during the ongoing conflict”.
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