The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Filipe Lazzarini, who addressed the UN Security Council, said the "forced displacement" of people in Gaza, who were told by Israeli authorities to evacuate to the south, has resulted in more than 670,000 people being housed in overcrowded schools and agency basements, the Guardian reported.
"I have said many times and I will say it again: there is no safe place in Gaza," Lazzarini said.
He noted that nearly 70% of those reported killed were children and women. Nearly 3,200 children have been killed in Gaza in three weeks, the UNRWA chief said, citing figures from Gaza's health ministry. That number exceeds the number of children killed annually in conflict zones around the world since 2019, Lazzarini said.
"This cannot be 'collateral damage,'" he said, adding that Israel is carrying out "collective punishment"./BGNES
