A World Health Organization worker died in Gaza with her six-month-old baby. The news was announced by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X: “My colleagues and I are devastated: today we lost one of our loved ones in Gaza. Our young colleague from the World Health Organization (WHO) Office for the Occupied Palestinian Territories.” “Dima Alhaj was tragically killed along with her six-month-old baby, her husband and two brothers.” (ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR, THE LIVE BLOG)
“This horror must end”
“According to reports – explained the WHO chief – 55 family members who had taken refuge in the same house were also killed. I don’t have the words to describe our pain. This loss is in addition to other losses in the UN family since October 7.”: 108 members of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, have been “killed” since the start of the conflict in the region. “This horror must end,” concludes the WHO Director-General. “All humanitarian workers and civilians must be protected. Armistice. Now.”
