The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that any escalation of military operations in the Gaza Strip would be “catastrophic” for the people there.
According to the reports of the foreign news agency ‘AFP’, he said while talking to journalists in Japan that I can tell you with certainty that the further increase in military operations, but also the continuation of these activities, will not only harm the people of Gaza. would be disastrous for
Stressing that the refugee agency UNHCR has no official mandate in the Palestinian territories or Israel, he said he was also deeply saddened and concerned by the UN Secretary-General. Many of my colleagues, including the general, have done it.
He also described the October 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel as ‘horrendous’ and said the consequences of the conflict spreading to Lebanon and other countries would be ‘incalculable’.
The Palestinian Ministry of Interior has said that a number of displaced people who took refuge in the compound of a church in the Gaza Strip were killed and injured as a result of the Israeli attack.
According to the reports of the foreign news agency ‘AFP’, the Palestinian Ministry of Interior said in its statement that a large number of civilians were martyred and injured in the compound of the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in the Israeli attack.
Eyewitnesses told AFP that the attack was apparently aimed at a target near the synagogue where many Gazans have taken refuge during the war in the Palestinian territories.
He said that as a result of the attack, the front of the church was damaged and an adjacent building collapsed.
He further informed that several injured persons of the attacks have been shifted to the hospital.
On the other hand, when contacted for a response to the attack, the Israeli army told ‘AFP’ that it was investigating the alleged attack.
The United Nations Agency for Humanitarian Affairs, noting that 545 Palestinians have been displaced in the West Bank since October 7 amid an increase in settler violence.
In a post on social media website X, the agency said at least 74 Palestinian families had been evicted from 13 pastoral communities amid intense settler violence and access restrictions.
In his statement, he said that the properties of the victims were burnt and people were threatened at gunpoint.
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2024-07-07 00:57:09
