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UNRWA is the response of the international community to the plight of the Palestinian refugees, through the mandate provided by the GA (United Nations General Assembly) resolution,
Lazzarini added
I keep being asked, Is there yes, or not, a Plan B? There is no plan B within the U.N. agency ― within the U.N. family because there is no other agency geared to provide the same activities,
he saidWe’re going to keep pushing to accelerate a cease-fire deal that ensures Israel’s security and brings hostages home and ends the suffering of the Palestinian people and children,
he saidDiplomatic efforts are converging towards a cease-fire, but it’s still in the hands and heads of key players to decide if it’s in their interest or not to stop things right now,
said the diplomat, who was not authorized to brief media and so spoke on condition of anonymity
My brother wasn’t the only one; many others have been martyred in this brutal way -- children torn to pieces, civilians shredded. They weren’t carrying weapons or even know 'the resistance', yet they were ripped apart into fragments,
said Mohammed Aboul Hassan, who lost his brother in the attack
We receive daily distress calls, but we are unable to assist them due to the lack of ambulances, and the situation is catastrophic,
he saidThe chances of rescuing more wounded are decreasing because of the continuous shooting and artillery shelling,
civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP
The daily cruelty we see in Gaza seems to have no limits,
she said TuesdayWe emphasize that there have been continuous efforts to evacuate the civilian population from the active war zone in the area,
the military said in a statementThey bombarded the houses and completely destroyed Beit Lahia,
he saidWe heard the Israeli strike, and the whole area was shaking,
said Jaber Ghabayen, whose family lived in the razed building
I was at a relatives' place, and we all thought that death was near,
he told AFPThey weren’t involved with any (armed) party... they were just waiting to answer calls for help,
said Ali al-Zein, a relative of one of the dead
We saw mothers crying, bidding farewells to their loved ones,
Khoudary said
At Al-Aqsa Hospital, there are 17 killed Palestinians in the morgue. People are waiting to bury the dead, but there is a shortage of coffins across the Gaza Strip,
she saidThe IDF won’t admit this, but the Northern Command completed the mission it was given by the political leadership two weeks ago, on schedule. That mission was to remove the threat of an … invasion of the Galilee,
wrote Yoav Zitun in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth
Over the last weeks, conversations in Gaza have been intense about the so-called ‘Generals’ Plan’ … within the Israeli forces … which consists of wiping Palestinians off the northern part of Gaza by either killing them, forcing them out, or starving to death those who stay,
said Médecins Sans Frontières on FridayThe way the ongoing offensive in the north is being waged … reinforces the idea that we are witnessing the execution of this plan,
the NGO addedAlmost 30 percent of the victims of the Beit Lahiya massacre today are children,
it saidIt is not possible for the Prime Minister of Israel, who is threatened by Iran and its proxies who are trying to assassinate him, to be subject to the same threats from home,
he said