UNRWA suspends services in West Bank refugee camps amid Israeli attacks
ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has suspended its services in several refugee camps in the northern West Bank due to ongoing indiscriminate Israeli military strikes.
“Israeli security forces’ operations in the northern West Bank continue impacting Palestine refugees,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on the social media platform X.
Since early Wednesday, the Israeli army has been attacking Tulkarem, Jenin, and Tubas in the northern West Bank. This is the most extensive attack since 2002.
The operation has resulted in the deaths of 19 Palestinians, with numbers constantly rising.
“Among the people reported killed are children and one person with disabilities,” Lazzarini added.
He noted that “tens of thousands of people in four refugee camps have been impacted by this operation, including through the destruction of public and private infrastructure.”
The agency commissioner pointed out that UNRWA had to suspend its services to the communities in several camps.
Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank alongside Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 40,600 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since October 7 last year.
At least 673 Palestinians have been killed, nearly 5,400 others injured, and over 10,300 arrested in the occupied territory, according to Palestinian figures.
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