Over the weekend, at least 82 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes on Jabaliya refugee camp, including multiple United Nations schools sheltering Palestinians. At least 85 incidents of Israeli bombing have impacted 67 facilities run by the United Nations relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in the last two months. We speak with Tamara Alrifai, spokesperson for UNRWA, about the organization sheltering close to a million Palestinians from Israel’s assault, which has killed 104 of her colleagues since the beginning of the war — the highest number of United Nations aid workers killed in a conflict in the history of the United Nations. Alrifai says her agency is only getting half of the fuel they need to serve people in Gaza, being forced to choose between clean water, food and transport. “If UNRWA ceases to exist tomorrow, then there is a huge layer of stabilizing and stability that UNRWA usually offers in a very, very volatile area that also collapses.”

  • @BluJay320
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    57 months ago

    So Israel intentionally targeted UN facilities and killed UN workers?

    We already know nothing will be done about this, but an attack on the UN should absolutely warrant international response, right?

    • kurgal
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      27 months ago

      Not if the US allows it. The US doesn’t seem to care about how Israel is conducting these raids.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      27 months ago

      So Israel intentionally targeted UN facilities and killed UN workers?

      Welcome to Gaza, where the babies are Hamas and the rules don’t matter.

    • livus
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      27 months ago

      It absolutely should, but unfortunately Israel is being protected by a superpower.

    • @OniiFam
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      7 months ago

      Removed by mod