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UNICEF: 'Israel' massacred over 50 children in Jabalia in 2 days

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  • 3 Nov 2024 15:41
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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell has described the killing of children as another “dark chapter” in the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza.

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  • Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, on October 1, 2024. (AP)
    Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, on October 1, 2024. (AP)

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell stated that the Israeli killing of over 50 children in a “deadly” 48-hour period in Jabalia, northern Gaza, marks another “dark chapter” in the “terrible” Israeli war against the besieged territory.

In a statement released Saturday on the UN agency’s website, Russell emphasized that Israeli forces have not only taken the lives of many Palestinians, including children, but have also cut humanitarian aid and targeted UN personnel.

“This has already been a deadly weekend of attacks in North Gaza. In the past 48 hours alone, over 50 children have reportedly been killed in Jabalia, where strikes leveled two residential buildings sheltering hundreds of people,” she stressed.

This has already been a deadly weekend of attacks in North Gaza.

Attacks on civilians, including humanitarian workers, and what remains of Gaza’s civilian facilities and infrastructure must stop.

My statement👇 https://t.co/TLNYtbN6du

— Catherine Russell (@unicefchief) November 2, 2024

Russell also drew attention to the risks faced by humanitarian workers, particularly those involved in sensitive initiatives like polio vaccination.

“And this morning, the personal vehicle of a UNICEF staff member working on the polio vaccination campaign came under fire by what we believe to be a quadcopter while driving through Jabalia-Elnazla. The car was damaged. Fortunately, the staff member was not injured. But she has been left deeply shaken,” she said.

At the same time, she reported that at least three children sustained injuries from another attack near a vaccination clinic in Sheikh Radwan, where a polio vaccination campaign was in progress.

Horrific level of child deaths in North Gaza

Russell condemned the attacks on Jabalia, the vaccination clinic, and on UNICEF staff members as part of what she described as "Israel's" broader genocidal strategy of indiscriminate strikes against civilians in Gaza.

“The attacks on Jabalia, the vaccination clinic, and the UNICEF staff member are yet further examples of the grave consequences of the indiscriminate strikes on civilians in the Gaza Strip,” she stated.

She stressed that international humanitarian law requires the protection of civilians, civilian structures, humanitarian workers, and their vehicles during wars.

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Displacement or evacuation orders do not absolve any party from their responsibility to distinguish between military and civilian targets, ensure proportionality, and take all feasible precautions during attacks, according to Russell.

“Yet these principles are being flaunted over and over again, leaving tens of thousands of children killed, injured, and deprived of essential services needed for survival,” she lamented.

She called for an end to attacks on civilians, humanitarian workers, and the remaining civilian facilities and infrastructure in Gaza, emphasizing the grave conditions in North Gaza, where the entire Palestinian population, especially children, is at imminent risk of death from disease, starvation, and ongoing bombardment.

Russell concluded by affirming that UNICEF is requesting that "Israel" conduct an immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the attack on its staff member and take actions to hold accountable those responsible.

Over 100,000 people besieged in North Gaza: Civil Defense - Exclusive

Over 100,000 people are currently in the besieged northern Gaza Strip, 60% of whom are children and women, Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Al Mayadeen on Sunday.

Regarding medical services in the northern part of the Strip, Basal pointed out that there is no medical treatment available there, adding that the world, which boasts about democracy, is watching Gaza being slaughtered.

Civil Defense is receiving numerous pleas from residents in northern Gaza calling for help to rescue and recover the wounded and martyrs from under the rubble, the spokesperson indicated.

However, he clarified that medical teams currently present in the North are civilian teams, adding that the Israeli occupation military does not want any medical system to operate there.

Basal also drew attention to the lack of food and medicine in northern Gaza, noting that there are 137 martyrs under the rubble of a building destroyed by the Israeli occupation forces in the Beit Lahia project a few days ago.

He highlighted that numerous pleas are coming from civilians in northern Gaza about the complete absence of food and medicine, noting that no international organization has responded to Civil Defense calls so far.

According to the spokesperson, more than 1,300 martyrs have been recorded in northern Gaza as a preliminary count, within less than a month of the intensified Israeli blockade on the area.

For the 30th consecutive day, northern Gaza, including Jabalia Camp and Beit Lahia in particular, remains under Israeli siege, amid intense aerial and artillery bombardment, and complete isolation from the rest of the Strip, which has left thousands of martyrs and injured.

Read more: 'Israel' falls far short of meeting US ultimatum on Gaza aid: AP

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