Israeli military strikes home in Bureij camp, killing child
The Israeli military has bombed a home in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least one child, local media is reporting.
Five others were injured in the attack, with their condition currently unknown.
‘Nothing quite prepares you’: UNRWA staffer on Gaza’s decimation
Philippa Greer, head of the legal office for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has shared a short video clip of the devastation in Gaza for which, she said, “nothing quite prepares you”.
“These are people’s homes, their favorite cafes, their parks, their schools. Gone. Destruction everywhere of life, a place, a time, a culture. From the inside out,” Greer said.
This is Gaza City yesterday- remnants of a life once lived. Nothing quite prepares you, especially if you knew her before. These are people’s homes, their favorite cafes, their parks, their schools. Gone. Destruction everywhere of life, a place, a time, a culture. From the inside… pic.twitter.com/xCX19FRgP3
— Philippa Greer (@philippa_bear) June 13, 2024
UNRWA chief warns of ‘lost generation’ of children from Gaza war
Israel’s war on Gaza has “robbed” Palestinian children in the territory of their childhood, says Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, who warns that an immediate ceasefire is needed “for the sake” of Palestinian and Israeli children.
Children suffer first and the most in wars and conflict, Lazzarini said in a post on social media, and far too many children in Gaza have been killed, injured, and “scarred for life”.
“Those who survived are in deep trauma. Their schools have been destroyed [and] they lost a whole school year, with no education or play,” the UNRWA chief said. The war has “robbed the children of Gaza of their childhood”, he said.
“Without a ceasefire, they will become a lost generation, easy to fall prey to exploitation,” he added.
Israeli military arrests 13-year-old in the occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have arrested a 13-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Wafa news agency reports.
The boy, identified as Tamer Muhammad Sayed, was passing through a military checkpoint at the southern entrance to the city when he was arrested, according to Wafa.
Israeli military raids have also been reported in other locations in the occupied West Bank, including:
- The Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, where clashes have erupted
- The villages of Zabuba and Rummana, west of Jenin
- The town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron
- The town of Nahalin, near Bethlehem
- The town of Qusra, near Nablus
تغطية صحفية: قوات الاحتلال تقتحم مخيم العروب شمال الخليل واندلاع مواجهات. pic.twitter.com/cnB0r7k526
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) June 13, 2024
Palestinians defiant in Qabatiya after Israeli forces kill 3
There have been scenes of defiance after three Palestinians were reported killed when Israeli forces stormed the town of Qabatiya, in the occupied West Bank, and attacked a house with shoulder-fired missiles before an Israeli military bulldozer demolished part of the structure.
Palestinian resistance fighters attend a march after three people were killed during an Israeli military raid on Qabatiya, a town in the Jenin governorate, in the occupied West Bank, on June 13
Palestinians inspect a building damaged by an Israeli bulldozer following an Israeli military raid on Qabatiya near Jenin, in the occupied West Bank
