The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Friday that one of its employees was killed earlier this week during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, marking the first such fatality in over a decade.

According to the agency's statement, the employee was "shot and killed on the roof of his home by a sniper." This marks the first time in over a decade that a UNRWA staff member has been killed in the West Bank.

An @UNRWA sanitation labourer in the northern #WestBank was shot and killed on the roof of his home by a sniper yesterday.

This marks the first time an UNRWA staff member was killed in the West Bank in more than 10 years.https://t.co/HcZqWaDSWb

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) September 13, 2024

According to separate reports, the martyr was identified as 46-year-old Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwadan, a father of of five, and was killed on September 12 in El Far'a Camp, northern West Bank. 

Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwadan, an @UNRWA worker and father of five, was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper on his roof during a military operation on September 12 in El Far’a Camp, northern West Bank.
Israel targets UNRWA employees due to the agency's symbolic role for refugees,… pic.twitter.com/LG1zZf3Va8

— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) September 13, 2024

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According to the latest data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, a total of 702 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and settlers in the West Bank since October 7.

The ministry's statement highlighted that over 5,700 Palestinians have been wounded by the ongoing Israeli aggression in the occupied land, with 10,500 others detained over the last 11 months. 

The death toll included at least eight Palestinians killed during Israeli airstrikes carried out on Wednesday in the city of Tabus, the nearby town of Tamun, and the West Bank's northern city of Tulkarm.