AP: UN shelter shelled; more than 140,000 displaced
http://972mag.com/ap-un-shelter-shelled-more-than-140000-displaced/94265/
The United Nations today confirmed multiple dead and injured at its shelter in Beit Hanoun, where Gazan families had sought refuge from non-stop Israeli shelling that has killed more than 700 Palestinians, most of them civilians.
Chris Gunness, a spokesperson for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine refugees, said via Twitter that the agency had earlier today passed the shelters precise coordinates to the Israeli military. Fearing an attack, UNRWA had tried to coordinate with the Israeli army a window for civilians to leave, but it was never granted, said Gunness.
As reported by AP, the attack comes just hours after UNRWA announced more than 140,000 Palestinians had sought shelter at its facilities from the ongoing Israeli bombardment. That number, based on headcounts at 83 UNRWA facilities, does not include Palestinians forced to seek shelter elsewhere, including on the grounds of Gazas Al-Shifa Hospital. UNRWA also reports that one Palestinian child has been killed in Gaza every hour for the past two days.
With the percentage of displaced likely approaching 10 percent of Gazas population this in a territory where refugees are already the majority humanitarian workers are calling the impact of Operation Protective Edge unprecedented. Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, told +972 that Israels Operation Cast Lead, which was launched in December 2008 and caused the deaths of more than 1,400 Palestinians, was a joke compared to this, referring to the now 18-day Israeli assault by air, sea, and land.
140,000. And Israel believes that they are going to find security with the amount of Palestinians dead and effected by such a nightmare.
Good luck with that.