GAZA, February 13, 2025 (WAFA) – A Palestinian child Thursday evening was killed after by Israeli army explosive ordnance in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that Hammoudeh Alaa Saud, 14, was killed after an unexploded ordnance left behind by the Israeli aggression detonated in the refugee camp.
Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets conducted an airstrike that targeted an area to the east of the refugee camp, killing 15-year-old Anas Saqr An-Nabahin.
On January 30, Luke Irving, Chief of the UN Mine Action Programme (UNMAS) in the occupied Palestinian territories, said that at least 92 people have been killed or injured by explosive ordnance since October 2023.
“Over the past 14 months, our teams have encountered a range of explosive ordnance, including aerial bombs, mortars, rockets, projectiles, grenades and improvised explosive devices,” stated Irving.
“These have killed and injured civilians in Gaza, and they have risked preventing humanitarian activities from taking place safely,” he added.
Since the ceasefire began, Irving noted, “humanitarian convoys are finding items more and more, as we reach new areas which we previously could not get to, including large aircraft bombs, mortars, anti-tank weapons, rockets and rifle grenades.”
“The threat of explosive ordnance in Gaza and the West Bank is present and impacting the lives of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian aid, including since the ceasefire began,” said Irving.
“We have already received informal reports of civilians coming across explosive ordnance in their homes,” he emphasized.
The UNMAS chief explained that “a lot of people might not understand the threat of what those items are, so when they come into contact with them, either picking up or moving it, it’s highly dangerous.”
Irving added that “those explosive items could then function as they were initially designed to do, and of course they are weapons of war and are deadly. So, you can imagine the impact that will have.”
Meanwhile, the death toll as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip climbed to 48,239 and the casualties reached 111,676, as announced by medical sources.
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