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24 Killed in Shati Camp in Fog of Smoke

CrossFireArabia
June 22, 2024

Israel is relentless in its bombings. Today is the turn of Al Shati Camp in the center of Gaza. It is part of the continual Israeli massacres that took away 41 lives combined with the devastating military actions in Al Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.

BREAKING: The Israeli occupation army perpetrates a massacre against innocent civilians, including children, in the Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/qO0DnB5URf
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 22, 2024

Israeli bombardments resulted in the further destruction of one area of the Al Shati Camp where strikes took the lives of 24 people.

أهوال يوم القيامة في مخيم الشاطئ الآن #خبرني pic.twitter.com/EU8ynDL1bq
— خبرني – khaberni (@khaberni) June 22, 2024

While the missiles were striking scores of civilians, mostly women and children were heard in a videoclip screaming in a fog of cement and soot as Israeli warplanes bombed three residential buildings.

Men and women were scurrying carrying children that were either killed and/or injured.

Another harrowing experience for the people of Gaza, the Israeli attacks on the camp is trending in opaque videos and images.

Scores of innocent civilians, predominantly women and children, were killed in the blink of an eye this afternoon in a massive Israeli airstrike targeting a residential square in the Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza City this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/tJdniRdkEp
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 22, 2024

There are no Hamas fighters here, Israeli warplanes were targeting a residential square where people were killed in a blink of an eye.

Eyewitnesses said a total of 20 houses were bombed in the area resulting in their total and/or partial destruction.

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Israeli Army Kills 450 Students Preparing For High School

CrossFireArabia
June 22, 2024

The Israeli army killed 450 Palestinian children since 7 October, 2023. They would have enrolled in high school this year.

450 Palestinian schoolchildren killed by Israel ahead of high school exams: Education Ministry
39,000 students in the Gaza Strip unable to take admission exams, Palestinian Education Ministry spokesman tells Anadolu#News #DailyNews #LiveNews #WorldNews #World pic.twitter.com/w9wupyhQMD
— Breaking News (@FastNews77) June 22, 2024

Palestinian Education Ministry spokesman Sadiq Al Khadour was speaking Saturday on the start of the high schools exams in the occupied West Bank.

He emphasized that due to the war, exams won’t be held in Gaza most of whose schools were destroyed by Israeli bombardment.

Al Khadour added 430 students from Gaza and 20 from the West Bank were preparing to enter high school but were killed by the Israeli army.

450 Palestinian schoolchildren killed by Israel ahead of high school exams: Education Ministryhttps://t.co/9Hx46f4Ark
— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) June 22, 2024

About 50,000 students took the high school exams this while 39,000 pupils were unable to do so because of the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza.

450 Palestinian schoolchildren killed by Israel ahead of high school exams: Education Ministry
39,000 students in the Gaza Strip unable to take admission exams, Palestinian Education Ministry spokesman tells Anadolu#News #DailyNews #LiveNews #WorldNews #World pic.twitter.com/w9wupyhQMD
— Breaking News (@FastNews77) June 22, 2024

The Israeli brutal offensive has destroyed 110 schools and universities and partially damaged 321. The government media office in Gaza stated the military bombardment of many parts of the Gaza Strip resulted in the killing of over 10,000 students according to TRTWorld.

Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank since Oct. 7 have killed a total of 450 schoolchildren who would have enrolled in high school this year, the Palestinian Education Ministry said on Saturday. https://t.co/E9zr2Bvrks
— ANews (@anews) June 22, 2024

More than 37,000 civilians have been killed in the Israeli war on Gaza with the injury of over 85,000 most of whom are women and children.

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EU Chief Condemns IRCC Office Shelling in Gaza

CrossFireArabia
June 22, 2024

Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief, says the European Union condemns the shelling of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) office in Gaza by Israel.

The shelling led to dozens of casualties. Borrell called for an independent investigation to hold those responsible for the shelling.

The EU condemns the shelling which damaged the @ICRC office in #Gaza and led to dozens of casualties.

An independent investigation is needed and those responsible must be held accountable.

Protection of civilians is an obligation under Geneva Conventions.

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— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) June 22, 2024

He said that protection of civilians is an obligation under the Geneva Conventions adding the ICRC must be able to carry out all it Geneva Conventions duties in safety, including humanitarian protection, assistance to the victims and access to safety.

In a statement by the ICRC office is stated that “heavy-caliber projectiles landed within meters of the office and residences of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Friday, afternoon.”

Deeply concerned by heavy-calibre shelling that damaged our #Gaza office, which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians.

Parties to the conflict have the obligation under #IHL to take all precautions to avoid harming civilians incl. humanitarian staff and facilities. https://t.co/ZrzxCsZ61r
— Gilles Carbonnier (@GCarbonnierICRC) June 22, 2024

It added “the strike damaged the structure of the ICRC office, which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians living in tents, including many “of our Palestinian colleagues.”

The statement went on: “This incident caused a mass casualty influx at the nearby Red Cross Field Hospital. The hospital was receiving 22 killed, 45 injured and reports of additional casualties.”

The ICRC have called this as a “grave security incident” as “one of several in recent days”, adding that “previously stray bullets have reached ICRC structure.”

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76% of Gaza Schools in Ruin

CrossFireArabia
June 22, 2024

Over three-quarters of schools in the Gaza Strip need to be rebuilt or restored before they can be used for teaching, maintains UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, Friday according to Anadolu.

UNRWA added that despite the ongoing war on Gaza, its teams "continue to reach children with play and learning activities," stressing that "education is a fundamental human right" and reiterating the need for a cease-fire in the enclave.https://t.co/ML7JAOoETr
— Gary Buckley™ (@myrddenbuckley) June 22, 2024

“In Gaza, over 76% of schools need reconstructing or require major rehabilitation to be functional again,” UNRWA quoted a statement by the Global Education Cluster as saying.

Established in 2017, the Global Education Cluster is a coordinating mechanism between aid organizations working in the field of education in the cases of internal displacement caused by conflicts. It is co-led by UNICEF and Save the Children.

According to #UNRWA, over 76% of schools in #Gaza need rebuilding or rehabilitation after being destroyed and burnt in the Israeli ongoing airstrikes. pic.twitter.com/98oaSIM8ru
— Al-Jarmaq News (@Aljarmaqnetnews) June 21, 2024

UNRWA added that despite the ongoing war on Gaza, its teams “continue to reach children with play and learning activities,” stressing that “education is a fundamental human right” and reiterating the need for a cease-fire in the enclave reports the Turkish news agency.

Most schools in the Palestinian enclave have been turned into shelters for hundreds of thousands of people seeking refuge from the ongoing Israeli bombardment, with many completely destroyed or badly damaged in the onslaught that has continued since Oct. 7 last year.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since the 7 Octtober, 2023 attack by Hamas.

The Palestinian death toll from relentless Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since last October has exceeded 37,400, according to the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave.

More than 85,600 people have also been injured in the onslaught, the ministry added.

Over eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

It’s been 76 years of occupation. Israel has detained & killed teachers
& students, destroyed schools, and bombed every university in Gaza. No educational institution or educators’ union should ever have had any $$ or its name linked to Israel.

Disclose. Divest. Terminate. https://t.co/OxPEFGRYfa
— Fernanda Yanchapaxi (@mfyanchapaxi) May 4, 2024

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which in its latest ruling ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6 concludes Anadolu.

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Armenia Recognizes Palestinian State

CrossFireArabia
June 21, 2024

The republic of Armenia is the latest country to recognize the independent state of Palestine.

Always being a support of two-state solution in Israeli-Palestinian conflict #Armenia made decision to recognize the independent state of #Palestine.
— Vahan Kostanyan (@VahanKostanyan) June 21, 2024

“Always being a support of two-state solution in Israeli-Palestinian conflict Armenia made a decision to recognize the independent state of Palestine,” wrote the Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vohan Kostanyan on his X account.

This recognition follows similar declarations last month by Slovenia, Spain, Norway and Ireland further bolstering international support for Palestinian statehood, reported Wafa.

#BREAKING:#Armenia recognizes the state of #Palestine.

Armenia has joined the resolutions of the #UN General Assembly, which call for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza.

Foreign Ministry of Armenia pic.twitter.com/IA4mwWxC5v
— Jora (@TheScarmind) June 21, 2024

The official recognition by Armenia raises the number of countries that recognize Palestinian statehood to 149 out of 193 member states of the UN General Assembly added the Palestinian news agency.

“The catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and the ongoing military conflict is one of the primary issues on the international political agenda that requires resolution,” said the MFA in a statement.

🔴 Breaking: l'Armenia riconosce lo Stato di Palestinahttps://t.co/Ka5Ci7VZiO
— Leila Belhadj Mohamed (@LeilaBelMoh) June 21, 2024

“The Republic of Armenia categorically rejects the targeting of civilian infrastructures, violence against the civilian population and the hostage-taking and capture of civilians during the armed conflict and joins the demands of the international community for their release without preconditions,” it added.

Armenia has announced that it has now recognised the state of Palestine, reaffirming its commitment to int’l law and the basic principles of equality https://t.co/d15tSZB3Nx
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) June 21, 2024

In response to the recognition, Israel’s Foreign Ministry summond the Armenian Ambassador to Israel for a “stern reprimand, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The ministry said Armenia earlier supported the UN General Assembly resolutions calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians since last October as reported in Anadolu.