Publish: 14:45, 30 Oct, 2024

UN records seven ‘mass casualty incidents’ in Gaza in a week

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UN records seven ‘mass casualty incidents’ in Gaza in a week
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The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the seven incidents took place between the afternoons of October 22 and 29, reports Al Jazeera.

The mass casualties are;

  • October 24: Between 150-200 people were killed or wounded when Israeli forces bombed a residential block of 11 houses in the northern Jabalia refugee camp.
  • October 24: At least 17 Palestinians, including nine children, were killed and 52 others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Ash Shuhada school in the central Nuseirat refugee camp.
  • October 24-24: Thirty-eight Palestinians were killed and tens of others, mostly women and children, were wounded when Israeli forces destroyed several residential buildings during an operation in the Qizan an-Najjar and al-Manara areas in southern Khan Younis. About 20 people are reported missing.
  • October 25: Twenty-five people were killed when Israeli forces bombed two houses in northern Beit Lahiya.
  • October 26: At least 30 people were killed and dozens wounded after Israeli forces hit a residential block in Beit Lahiya.
  • October 27: Eleven Palestinians, including a girl and four women, were killed when Israeli forces attacked the UNRWA-run Asma school in the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
  • October 29: At least 93 Palestinians were killed or missing following another Israeli attack on a residential building in Beit Lahiya

The list does not include Israel’s latest attack on Beit Lahiya on Tuesday evening which killed at least 19 Palestinians.

Bd-Pratidin English/ Afsar Munna

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