GENEVA, Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (WAFA) - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini slammed the Israeli occupation’s direct targeting of a training center run by the UN agency, UNRWA, as a blatant disregard of basic rules of war. “Once again a blatant disregard of basic rules of war,” he said.
The UNRWA Commissioner-General took to the X platform to lament "another horrific day in Gaza,” stating that: Some 30,000 people are sheltering at the site and the death toll could be higher.
"The compound is a clearly marked UN facility and its coordinates were shared with Israeli Authorities as we do for all our facilities," he stressed.
Teams from the agency and the World Health Organization (WHO) were trying to reach the Khan Yunis Training Centre, said Tom White, Director of UNRWA Affairs in the Gaza Strip, in a post on the social media platform X.
The attack resulted in mass casualties.
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