The UNRWA chief has told Germany it must press Israel to stop its deadly attacks on UN aid workers, Al Jazeera reports.

“Germany must help the UN protect itself against Israel’s attacks. There is no contradiction, being a close friend of Israel and [having] red lines,” UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said in an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel news magazine.

“So far, 192 of our employees have been killed in Gaza. There have also been several arson attacks on our headquarters in East Jerusalem.”

Lazzarini pointed out that UNRWA workers have also been abused and tortured by Israel during their imprisonment. “Released employees have reported to us that they faced mistreatment, humiliation and torture, including even waterboarding,” he said.

“Many were almost naked, blindfolded and with cable tied up for long periods of time. What I had never heard before, that prisoners were forced to wear diapers for weeks because they couldn’t get access to sanitary facilities or just to humiliate them.”