2024-03-13T15:45:14+00:00
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/ The United Nations Reduction and Works Company for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed on Wednesday that at the very least one among its workers was killed in an Israeli bombing that focused an help warehouse within the metropolis of Rafah.
The company said in a press release: “Not less than one UNRWA worker was killed and 22 others have been injured when Israeli forces bombed a meals distribution middle within the jap a part of the town of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.”
In flip, company spokeswoman Juliette Touma mentioned: “We are able to verify that an company warehouse/distribution middle was bombed. We don’t but have extra details about what precisely occurred.”
For its half, the Ministry of Well being within the Gaza Strip reported that 4 individuals have been killed in a bombing that focused the warehouse often known as the “Warehouse” within the Al-Geneina neighborhood in central Rafah.
UNRWA has discovered itself within the midst of controversy since Israel accused 12 of its workers late final January of involvement within the October 7 assault carried out by Hamas.
The United Nations Reduction and Works Company for Palestine Refugees performs a pivotal function in reduction operations within the Gaza Strip, as worldwide organizations warn of the hazard of famine about 5 months after the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas.
A couple of days in the past, the company’s director basic, Philippe Lazzarini, warned that UNRWA was “threatened with loss of life” after a number of donors stopped their funding resulting from Israeli allegations.