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UN agency headquarters in Gaza hit by Israeli airstrikes

13 Nov 2023 08:43am
Palestinian construction labourers work on a water well at a Saudi Arabia-funded housing project executed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 9, 2016. Israel said it had arrested and charged a United Nations employee for allegedly aiding Islamist movement Hamas, in the second such case involving a humanitarian worker in a week. Engineer Waheed Borsh, who has worked for the UN Development Programme (UNDP) since 2003, was arrested on July 16 and indicted in a civilian court in Israel, a government statement said. Hamas, which has run the Gaza Strip since 2007, denied the allegations. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Palestinian construction labourers work on a water well at a Saudi Arabia-funded housing project executed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 9, 2016. Israel said it had arrested and charged a United Nations employee for allegedly aiding Islamist movement Hamas, in the second such case involving a humanitarian worker in a week. Engineer Waheed Borsh, who has worked for the UN Development Programme (UNDP) since 2003, was arrested on July 16 and indicted in a civilian court in Israel, a government statement said. Hamas, which has run the Gaza Strip since 2007, denied the allegations. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
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GAZA - The United Nations Development Programme has reported that its headquarters in Gaza was subjected to Israeli airstrikes last night, which led to casualties among Palestinian refugees taking shelter there.

In a statement published Saturday on its website, the UN agency expressed deep concern over deaths and injuries among those who were seeking refuge in its premises.

The statement highlighted the imperative to protect civilians and civil infrastructure and always uphold the sanctity of the UN facilities.

So far, there has been no Israeli response to this development. - XINHUA

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