International Courant
ISTANBUL
Destruction prevails “all over the place” in Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip, the UN company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) stated on Monday.
“Driving by means of Khan Younis immediately, any remaining buildings are hanging by a thread. Large craters alongside rubble crammed roads, little hope for these remaining right here,” UNRWA Communication Workplace Louise Wateridge stated in an announcement.
Wateridge revealed a two-minute video documenting huge destruction within the metropolis.
“All over the place you look, destruction,” she stated.
Final week, the Israeli military ordered Palestinians residing in japanese Khan Younis to vacate their areas and head to al-Mawasi west of the town.
The UN estimates that round 250,000 Palestinians have fled their properties in japanese Khan Younis.
Israel, flouting a UN Safety Council decision demanding an instantaneous cease-fire, has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 assault by the Palestinian group Hamas.
Practically 38,200 Palestinians have since been killed, largely girls and youngsters, and over 87,900 others injured, in accordance with native well being authorities.
9 months into the Israeli struggle, huge tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water and drugs.
Israel stands accused of genocide on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice, whose newest ruling ordered it to instantly halt its army operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place over 1,000,000 Palestinians had sought refuge from the struggle earlier than it was invaded on Could 6.
*Writing by Ahmed Asmar
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