Bangkok, SANA-Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations (UN) compounds across Asia on Monday, as staff observed a minute’s silence in memory of colleagues killed in the Israeli aggression launched against the Gaza Strip.
“The blue and white UN flag was lowered at 9:30 a.m. local time at offices in Bangkok, Tokyo, Beijing, and Colombo a day after the world body reported “a significant number of deaths and injuries” in strikes on a facility in Gaza in Israeli bombing of headquarters of Development Program in Gaza” According to AFP.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that more than 100 of its employees had died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression.