The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees has said two more of its workers were confirmed to have been killed in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number to 16.

A statement shared by it — stating details as of 7pm on October 19 — further says, “There have been 33 confirmed reports of UNRWA installations across the Gaza Strip impacted by the Israeli Air Force strikes.”

World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, “Attacks and humanitarian casualties must end.”

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