NEW YORK – Juliette Touma, Director of Communications for the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA), said that, according to some medical sources, at least 200 people were killed in the Israeli airstrikes that hit tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah, the UN News Centre reported.
It is a chance here to pay tribute to all UNRWA team members who were killed since the war began: there are 192 of them to date.
UNRWA reiterates the call of the UN Secretary-General for an immediate ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages to end the suffering of civilians, according to an official statement by UNRWA.
UNRWA echoes the Secretary General’s dismay by the lack of implementation of the recent order of the International Court of Justice regarding Rafah.
The decisions of the Court are binding.
The military operation in Rafah must immediately end and the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza must improve without further delay.
