The United Nations has indicated that it will be scaling back the number of its international team in Gaza following fresh Israeli military assaults on Palestinian territory that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians, including UN staff, Alzajeera reported.
UN spokesperson Stephan Dujarric, who acknowledged that the pullout occurs at a time when humanitarian needs have increased and "concern over the protection of civilians intensifies," perhaps 30 of the organization's 100 or so international employees would depart Gaza this week during a news briefing on Monday with Alzajeera.
The UN spokesman also confirmed that an Israeli tank was responsible for the attack on a UN compound in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on March 19, that killed a Barian UN staff member and left six other foreign staff with severe injuries.
