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U.N. warns Gaza hostilities are 'devastating' as UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem receive 30-day closure orders
Summary
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says hostilities across the Gaza Strip continue to cause large-scale civilian harm, displacement and constrained humanitarian access; UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem were ordered closed for 30 days, affecting about 800 children, the agency's head said.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip are exacting a “devastating toll” on civilians, causing further deaths, repeated displacement and destruction of critical infrastructure.
OCHA said thousands of families were on the move, fleeing bombardment, shelling and repeated displacement orders, and warned that “there is no safe place in Gaza.” The office reported that humanitarian operations remain severely constrained by expanding military operations and a blockade of humanitarian and commercial goods that had lasted five weeks at the time of the briefing.
OCHA recorded repeated denials by Israeli authorities…
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