Unrwa chief says Israeli bulldozers damaged the office in the Nur Shams camp on Thursday
Damaged buildings in the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip. Photograph: AFPand injured dozens overnight, most of them children and women, in the city of Deir Al-Balah, the Nuseirat camp and the town of Al-Zawayda in the centralNur Shams camp on Thursday, the agency’s chief said, with Israel disputing his account in the latest exchange between both sides.
“The claim that the Unrwa offices in Nur Shams were destroyed by IDF soldiers is false,” the statement read, in reference to Israel Defense Forces. The UN, after an investigation, said in August that nine Unrwa staff were possibly involved in the October 7th attacks and fired them. Unrwa says the overwhelming majority of its staff adheres to its principles of neutrality.
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