UN staff protests in protest of the killing of rescuers in Gaza – Mehr News Agency | Iranian and world news

Hundreds of UN employees demonstrated Thursday to protest the killing of their rescue colleagues in Gaza in Geneva, according to Mehr News Agency.

The demonstration was held while from the beginning Conflicts Israel-Hamas on October 5, according to UN data, were martyred in Gaza, of which 5 were employees and members of the UN team. The figure is the highest number of rescuers in the history of the United Nations in the past five years, indicating the most deadly crisis for the organization’s staff. UN employees carried placards with slogans such as “Peace for Gaza” and “We are not a goal” and put more than 5 white roses next to the Geneva Memorial to a symbol of one of the UN killed rescuers in the war. Natalie Mint“Today, the UN staff have come together to say that it is not enough to say that our colleagues in Gaza cannot be killed and immune. You’re unnecessary “Cultivation and said to end these killings.” Reuters says documents show that the United States and Israel have submitted complaints to senior UN officials and questioned its staff’s neutrality over the Gaza war. The letters are part of the diplomatic pressure on the United Nations, which critics say is an attempt to silence the voice of protest against the killing of rescuers.

The demonstration comes as the Gaza war, which is from Hamas attack on Israel on October 5 1 It has begun, one of the deadliest clashes for rescuers. The United Nations has warned that without protecting rescuers, access to humanitarian aid For more Of the 5 million inhabitants of Gaza, who are at risk of famine and the collapse of health services.