UNRWA official: Gaza extremely dangerous for aid workers

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00:00I mean, when it comes to operating as a humanitarian worker in Gaza, I mean, just how dangerous

00:08is it?

00:09I mean, you've already mentioned the fact that so many people have been killed during

00:12this last year and a half or so.

00:14I mean, is anything done to protect them?

00:16Gaza has become very, very fast, one of the most dangerous places in the world for humanitarian

00:25workers.

00:27If you look at the death toll, that speaks for itself, really.

00:33The loss has been huge for the United Nations.

00:38First and foremost, the dear colleagues that we continue to lose day in, day out.

00:43We've had a respite, obviously, during the ceasefire for a couple of months.

00:49But during wartime, we lose team members every single day.

00:55Just overnight, since the bombardment resumed in Gaza, we've lost an additional three colleagues

01:04at least.

01:05And this is what was accounted for.

01:08We could verify the numbers might be even higher.