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An Indian worker of the United Nations (UN) was killed while travelling in a vehicle to a hospital in the Khan Younis area from the Rafah region, marking the first international death for the organization.
Waibhav Anil Kale (46) was a former Indian Army personnel.
Farhan Haq, Deputy spokesperson of the United Nations Secretary-General in a statement Monday night announced the identity of the deceased aid worker. According to the statement of the UN official, Waibhav Anil Kale joined the United Nations as the security service coordinator about a month ago in Gaza.
Sources in the UN agencies told IANS that Kale was travelling in a vehicle marked as that of the United Nations. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed profound sadness at the loss, condemning all attacks on UN personnel and asking for a thorough investigation into the incident.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has already said that it is probing the firing and the death of the UN aid worker. In a statement late Monday night, IDF said that the attack occurred in an active combat zone and that it was investigating the attack and death of the UN aid worker.
