Israel Attacks 453 UNRWA Schools in Gaza

UNRWA officials report that there has been a total of 453 attacks on its facilities in Gaza since 7 October, 2023. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency said its building throughout the Gaza Strip has been the subject of these attacks by Israeli warplanes and gunfire.

It added this, two thirds of the schools operated by the UN organization have been hit with 524 people sheltering in these facilities were killed.

This piece of news is currently trending on the social media under different hashtags such as @UNRWA, #Gaza, @UN, #CeasefireNow

Four schools in Gaza have been directly hit in the last four days with people continuing to flee from one place to another looking for safety but nowhere is safe in Gaza.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini confirms that since the beginning of this war two-thirds of UNRWA schools in Gaza were attacked, some were bombed out and many severely damaged.

“Some have gone from safe places of education and hope for children to ocercrowded shelters and often ending up a place of death and misery,” he wrote.

“Nine months under our watch, the relentless, endless killing, destruction and despair continue. Gaza is no place for children. The blatant disregard of international humanitarian law can’t become the new normal.”

Lazzarini ends by urging for a “ceasefire now before we lose what is left of our common humanity.”

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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.

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In an interview published by Israel’s Channel 14 on Sunday, Davidovich noted that “the residents of the north have been displaced and subjected to relentless shelling for nearly two years.”

Following the increasing number of Israeli soldiers injured in attacks by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon in response to the aggression, Davidovich called on his government to take action to “minimize casualties.”

He also raised another important point, saying: “Everyone is now embracing the residents of the north and saying they are with us, but at the same time I hear that the government intends to cut the north’s budget.” He asked: “How can this be?” describing the Tel Aviv government’s actions toward its own residents as “neglect.”

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He criticized his government’s intention to “cut budgets,” saying: “We give generously, but I don’t want to hear that word. It’s inappropriate and incorrect, and ultimately, it represents a law that harms us.”

Regarding the settlers in northern occupied Palestine, Davidovich said it is not right for them to remain there, describing the situation as difficult after two arduous years, adding that a recurring scene is their “descending to shelters.”

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Other media outlets report that “living in the north is not easy, and the situation is more complex than it was during the 2023-2024 war,” while Yedioth Ahronoth asserts that Hezbollah is neither disintegrating nor collapsing, and consistently succeeds in maintaining an organized chain of command and control.

The Israeli newspaper Maariv acknowledges that the party “remains alive and active, launching rockets even deep into Israeli territory, and is not firing indiscriminately.”

Channel 12 admits that the Israeli army was surprised by Hezbollah’s attack despite warnings, and that its soldiers’ assessments of the party’s capabilities were incorrect. JO24

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