2024-10-23 15:55:00
The killing of civilians by Israeli forces continues unabated. UNRWA workers, responsible for the security and care of Palestinian refugees, are being directly targeted, and more than 223 have been killed since the start of the war • The smell of death is everywhere, in every part of Gaza, as Israel insists kill and hide. behind the excuse that they are “terrorists”.
Israeli forces killed a UNRWA worker in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gazawhen they saw the vehicle with the service badge. UNRWA representative Juliet Touma broke the news when she said: “A vehicle was damaged” and “a colleague was killed.”
Why UNRWA workers are a target for Israel
From the beginning of the war in the Gaza Stripat least 223 UNRWA workers were killed and two-thirds of its facilities have been destroyed or damaged, according to a statement from the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini.
Many civilians are trying to flee the fighting that has reduced the Gaza Strip under siege for more than a year, and are taking refuge in UNRWA buildings, including schools. But these are also being bombarded, and the Israeli army believes these facilities are being used as command centers for Hamas, which it firmly denies.
Lazzarini said the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached a dramatic level. “The smell of death is everywhere, with bodies left on the streets or buried under rubble,” he told X.
“In northern Gaza people are just waiting to die,” he said in his statement.
On the other hand, the Israel UNRWA charges that “terrorists” use and two Knesset draft laws aim to end the activities and status of the UN agency in the occupied Palestinian territories. UNRWA, created by the UN General Assembly in 1949, mainly manages and evaluates health centers and schools in Gaza and the West Bank. the “backbone” of international aid to Gaza.
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