On his last day as head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini made an impassioned call for a high-level investigation into the killing of nearly 400 agency staff during the conflict in Gaza. “I believe that we need to have a panel — a high-level panel of experts — to look into the killing of our staff,” the outgoing commissioner general told reporters in Geneva. Lazzarini noted that many other UNRWA workers have sustained “life-changing injuries or have been arbitrarily detained and tortured” since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023. His farewell plea is a stark reminder that the humanitarian toll of the conflict extends far beyond combatants and civilians to the very people tasked with delivering aid.
Walter Murrow
March 31, 2026
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