NEW YORK, (PIC)
UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has described the scenes coming out of Rafah, where children and women were massacred by the Israeli army on Sunday night as “harrowing” and a “testament to how Rafah has turned into hell on earth.”
“Reports of more casualties continue to come in following an Israeli airstrike on a heavily populated area northwest of Rafah. Children and women living in tented plastic makeshift shelters are among the killed. Many were injured. Others were reportedly burnt to death,” Lazzarini said on his X page on Monday.
“It has been extremely difficult to establish contact with our UNRWA teams in Rafah today. Some of our staff are unaccounted for,” Lazzarini affirmed.
“UNRWA is doing everything possible not to interrupt the delivery of humanitarian assistance. But with every day passing, providing assistance and protection becomes nearly impossible,” the UNRWA chief said.
“The military operation in Rafah must immediately end and the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza must improve without further delay,” he added.
