11,000 individuals have been killed in Gaza in retaliatory strikes by Israel, in response to Hamas (File)
Bangkok:
Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations compounds throughout Asia on Monday, as employees noticed a minute’s silence in reminiscence of colleagues killed in Gaza through the Israel-Hamas battle.
The blue and white UN flag was lowered at 9:30 am native time at workplaces in Bangkok, Tokyo and Beijing, a day after the world physique reported ”a big variety of deaths and accidents” in strikes on a facility in Gaza.
Occasions had been additionally held in Kathmandu and Kabul, the place the UN Secretary-Common’s Particular Consultant for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva led about 250 individuals in observing the minute’s silence.
The UN company for supporting Palestinians (UNRWA) introduced on Friday that greater than 100 of its workers had died within the Gaza Strip because the begin of the battle.
Israel has been bombing targets throughout the Gaza Strip since Hamas fighters carried out a lethal assault on southern Israeli communities on October 7.
About 1,200 individuals, principally civilians, had been killed within the Hamas assaults and round 240 individuals taken hostage, in response to Israeli officers.
Greater than 11,000 individuals, a lot of them youngsters, have been killed in Gaza in retaliatory strikes by Israel, in response to the Hamas-run well being ministry within the territory.
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