First in more than decade: UNRWA staffer killed by “Israeli” forces in West Bank

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Friday that one of its employees was killed in an “Israeli” raid in the West Bank this week.

This marks the first death of an UNRWA employee in the West Bank in more than a decade.

The employee was “shot and killed on the roof of his home by a sniper,” according to the agency’s statement, adding that this was “the first time an UNRWA staff member has been killed in the West Bank in more than 10 years.”

The “Israeli” raid took place in the Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank.

The employee is identified as Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad, who "worked as a sanitation laborer" in the camp and "is survived by his wife and five children".

The operation in the Faraa camp this week "comes as the West Bank is experiencing unprecedented levels of violence, placing communities at risk", UNRWA said in its statement.

At least 220 members of the agency's staff have been killed since the start of the “Israeli” aggression against Gaza – this toll includes the six staffers killed in the “Israeli” strike Wednesday that targeted a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza.