Over 50 UNRWA employees detained, abused, tortured by Israel – Middle East Monitor

The Israeli occupation army has detained, abused and tortured more than 50 employees working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza since the start of the war on the enclave in October 2023, UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, revealed yesterday.

In a post on X platform, Lazzarini said the UN agency’s employees included teachers, doctors and social workers, adding that he had received “awful testimony…