NEW YORK, October 3, 2024 (WAFA) – The United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) Thursday stated that it cannot qualify the horrors that the Palestinian people have endured relentlessly due to the Israeli genocidal aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

“We are now 12 months into this war and I can tell you that 1.9 million people have been displaced. I can tell you that a reported that 41,000 people have been killed. I can tell you that 63 percent of buildings have been damaged or destroyed,” UNRWA Communication Louise Wateridge posted on her X platform account.

“But I cannot quantify the horrors that people have endured relentlessly for 12 months. I cannot fully portray the fear instilled upon an entire population, every hour, of every day,” she added.

“I cannot share the overwhelming smell of blood in hospitals surrounding doctors in despair, unable to save countless children,” she elaborated.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 41,788 Palestinians and injuring 96,794 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.