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Sun 19 Nov 2023 5:13 pm - Jerusalem Time

UNRWA: Targeting the agency’s headquarters was not a mistake as we thought

The spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA), Adnan Abu Hasna, said on Sunday that targeting the agency’s headquarters “was not a mistake as we thought.”


He stressed that what is happening on the ground indicates the opposite of what "Israel" states, that targeting the agency's headquarters was a mistake, expressing that this is not acceptable.


The number of displaced people in UNRWA facilities has reached 914,000, and the agency is barely able to meet 30% of the needs.


He added that UNRWA is keen to provide services, documents everything, and transfers all information to the level that deals with international law, and the priority now is to preserve the lives of civilians.


He pointed out that the number of displaced people in UNRWA facilities reached 914 thousand, and that there are 21 schools in Jabalia camp, and moving in the sector and communicating with the crews is very difficult.


He called for the necessity of a ceasefire, and the opening of a humanitarian corridor and a truce to see the true extent of the damage, and demanded that the occupation adhere to international humanitarian law, "and spare civilians the scourge of war."


He pointed out that UNRWA barely meets 30% of needs, and "the quantities of fuel that entered the Strip are a drop in the ocean."


The war council of the occupation government unanimously approved a joint recommendation to the occupation army and the Shin Bet, to comply with the United States’ request and allow the entry of two diesel tankers daily, to meet the needs of the United Nations to support the water and sanitation infrastructure.


UNRWA is sheltering approximately 780,000 people in more than 150 overcrowded facilities even as basic services have collapsed. The agency said that 102 UNRWA relief workers were killed and 27 were injured in the occupation's aggression against Gaza.


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