(KUNA) -- UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on Friday denounced the attack on its Gaza Director John Ging today. UNRWA's general commissioner Karen Abi Zaid said she denounces the attack on Ging by unidentified gunmen in north Gaza.| UNRWA, the largest UN agency with more than 25,000 employees, was established in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war to provide relief for upwards of 700,000 Palestinian refugees uprooted by the war. |
Speaking to reporters, Abi Zaid called on the Palestinian National Authority to bring to justice those responsible for the attack. Ging was travelling from the Erez border crossing to Gaza City when the attack happened. Violence has escalated in the Gaza Strip since Hamas came to power one year ago and plunged the Palestinian territories into a power struggle pitting the Fatah-dominated security services against Hamas militants.
UNRWA, the largest UN agency with more than 25,000 employees, was established in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war to provide relief for upwards of 700,000 Palestinian refugees uprooted by the war. |