Six workers with the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency were killed in just 24 hours in Gaza, the global body has said, bringing to 35 the total of its staff killed since October 7.

“Since the start of hostilities, at least 16 health workers have been killed while on duty, along with 35 UNRWA staff,” the United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA said in an update sent Tuesday on the situation up to Monday evening.

“Six of (them) were killed in the past 24 hours.”