World Courant
ISTANBUL
The top of the UN company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) mentioned Wednesday that the Gaza Strip is now not a spot for youngsters following an Israeli assault on a UN-run faculty in Gaza Metropolis.
“Studies of one other horrific assault immediately on one among our UNRWA faculties in Gaza Metropolis,” UNRWA Commissioner-Basic Philippe Lazzarini mentioned following the Israeli navy’s focusing on of Salah al-Din Faculty, which killed two Palestinians and injured 15 others, together with youngsters.
“Kids reported killed and injured. Some had been burnt to demise,” he added. “Is there any humanity left?”
He confused that “Gaza isn’t any place for youngsters anymore. They’re the primary casualty of this cruel warfare. We can’t let the insufferable develop into a brand new norm. Sufficient.”
“A cease-fire is past overdue,” he mentioned.
Earlier Wednesday, the UN warned that ongoing Israeli navy evacuation orders threaten the individuals of the Gaza Strip with additional pressured displacement, elevating issues that important companies might quickly be minimize off.
Eyewitnesses additionally confirmed to Anadolu that Israeli warplanes bombed Salah al-Din Faculty, the ninth faculty to shelter displaced individuals focused by the Israeli navy since early August.
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following an assault by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas final Oct. 7, regardless of a UN Safety Council decision calling for a direct cease-fire.
The battle has resulted in over 40,170 Palestinian deaths, largely girls and youngsters, and greater than 92,740 accidents, based on native well being authorities.
An ongoing blockade of Gaza has led to extreme shortages of meals, clear water and medication, leaving a lot of the area in ruins.
Israel faces accusations of genocide on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, which has ordered a halt to navy operations within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place over a million Palestinians had sought refuge earlier than the world was invaded on Might 6.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio
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