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The US’ Ambassador to the United Nations is expressing frustration with the Israeli navy following strikes that killed a number of UN-aligned personnel within the area.
Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke out on the U.N. Safety Council assembly on Monday, the place she lamented the “preventable” lack of life attributable to the battle.
“We are going to proceed to boost the necessity for Israel to facilitate humanitarian operations, and shield humanitarian employees and services, such because the UNRWA faculty focused by the IDF final week in Nusseirat,” Thomas-Greenfield stated.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks after a gathering of the United Nations Safety Council at United Nations headquarters. (AP Picture/John Minchillo)
UNRWA refers back to the United Nations Aid and Works Company for Palestine Refugees within the Close to East.
She continued, “We have now additionally been unequivocal in speaking to Israel that there is no such thing as a foundation – completely none – for its forces to be opening hearth on clearly marked UN automobiles, as just lately occurred on quite a few events.”
A former faculty transformed right into a UNRWA civilian shelter was struck final week by the Israeli Protection Forces, killing 18 folks. Six of these killed have been UNRWA personnel.
The Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, beforehand rebuked criticism of the strike on the UNRWA shelter, asserting that the whole company has turn into overrun with terrorists and terrorist sympathizers — together with personnel on the destroyed shelter.
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Israeli troopers take up place subsequent to buildings destroyed by the Israeli navy within the Gaza Strip. (AP Picture/Leo Correa)
“How lengthy will the U.N. proceed to bury its head within the sand and ignore the truth that Hamas terrorists have taken over UNRWA?” Danon requested this week. “Those that have been killed yesterday (Wednesday) within the IDF strike have been 9 terrorists with blood on their fingers, and a few of them participated within the barbaric bloodbath on October 7.”
Danon supplied a listing of names ostensibly connecting recognized Hamas terrorists to the civilian shelter.
When approached by Fox Information Digital, Juliette Touma, a UNRWA spokesperson, claimed that “Israeli authorities haven’t requested UNRWA formally to offer them with the listing of workers killed in yesterday’s assault on the UNRWA faculty.” She added, “The names that seem on at this time’s assertion from the Israeli Military haven’t been flagged to us earlier than by the Israeli authorities in earlier events previous to at this time.”
The U.S. ambassador did observe on Monday the continuing menace of Hamas embedding its members inside civilian companies.
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Palestinians protest exterior the United Nations Aid and Works Company (UNRWA) in Gaza Metropolis in opposition to the discount of meals support supplied for the refugees. (Majdi Fathi/TPS)
“On the similar time, we proceed to see Hamas hiding in, and taking up, and in any other case utilizing civilian websites to conduct operations and pose an ongoing menace,” stated Thomas-Greenfield. “There’s no clearer proof of Hamas’ complete indifference to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. For his or her sake, and the sake of harmless folks on all sides of this battle – this should cease.”
9 people have been fired by UNRWA final month after it was discovered they possible participated within the Hamas slaughter of 1,200 folks, together with greater than 30 People, on Oct. 7 in southern Israel.
“For 9 folks, the proof was enough to conclude that they might have been concerned within the seventh of October assaults,” Farhan Haq, spokesperson for the U.N. secretary basic stated throughout a press briefing.
Fox Information Digital’s Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.
Timothy Nerozzi is a author for Fox Information Digital. You may comply with him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and may e-mail him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
UN ambassador criticizes Israel for ‘preventable’ deaths of UNRWA employees
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