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10 Palestinians killed in beleaguered Yarmouk camp

Sunday 20-May-2018

Ten unarmed Palestinian refugees were killed in the unabated shelling on Yarmouk refugee camp in war-torn Syria a London-based human rights watchdog reported.

A Sunday report by the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) kept record of the death of 10 Palestinian refugees among them five members of the Nabulsi family.

The list of casualties also includes three family members killed in air strikes launched by the Syrian government fighter jets and their Russian war abettors on a civilian shelter.

Palestinians stranded in Yarmouk camp have been subjected to dire conditions as a result of the raging warfare and air raids launched on the camp since the outbreak of deadly hostilities in Syria.

The situation has gone far worse due to the absence of ambulance medics and civil defense crews in the area.

Speaking with AGPS local activists said several residents have died due to the lack of relief services. Dozens more have had an unknown fate as several families have been stuck under the mounds of rubble heaped up in the raging warfare.

The residents of Yarmouk appealed to the warring parties to cease hostilities announce a humanitarian truce and open humanitarian passageways so as to enable defense crews to remove dead bodies and evacuate the wounded to Damascus hospitals.

On Friday the UN expressed deep concern over the safety of refugees in Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees and the Hajar al-Aswad area south of Damascus.

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