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UN Special Coordinator is concerned about the escalation in Gaza, calls for avoiding further escalation

A 5-year-old girl killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza. (WAFA Images)

JERUSALEM, Saturday, August 6, 2022 (WAFA) – The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, last night expressed concern about the rising escalation in the Gaza Strip.

“I am deeply concerned by the ongoing escalation” in the Gaza Strip, said Wennesland in a statement, stressing that “I am deeply saddened by reports that a five-year-old child has been killed in these strikes. There can be no justification for any attacks against civilians.”

The UN Special Coordinator warned that “the continuing escalation is very dangerous,” calling on all sides to avoid further escalation.

“The progress made in gradually opening Gaza since the end of the May escalation risks being undone, leading to even greater humanitarian needs at a time when global resources are stretched and international financial support for a renewed humanitarian effort in Gaza will not be easily available,” he said.

“The UN is fully engaged with all concerned in an attempt to avoid a further conflict which would have devastating consequences, mainly for civilians,” said Wennesland, adding, “The responsibility is with the parties to avoid this from happening.”

Eleven people were killed in two days of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, including the 5-year-old baby.

Bodies of 8 martyrs, including a child, pulled from the rubble in Rafah on third day of Israeli aggression

GAZA, Sunday, August 07, 2022 (WAFA) – The bodies of eight Palestinians, including a child and two women, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike last night on a house in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, were pulled out of the rubble by civil defense teams and citizens later during the night, according to local and media sources.

Latest figures by the Ministry of Health show that the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on August 05 has risen to 32, including 6 children, while 253 others have been injured, including 96 children, 30 women and 12 elderly.

WAFA correspondent said the bodies of the eight martyrs were pulled out from the rubble of the al-Mudallal family house which was levelled to the ground by Israeli airstrikes. He said the bodies of the 8 martyrs, including a 14-year-old child and two women, were pulled out after hours of hard work by civil defense teams and ordinary civilians.

He said three of the martyrs were identified as Khaled Saeed Mansour, Ziad Ahmad al-Mudallal and Ra’fat Saleh Sheikh Eid, adding that nearly 40 Palestinians wounded in the Israeli attack were evacuated to hospitals, and that the condition of some of them was described as critical.

The Israeli airstrike also caused destruction and physical damage to neighboring homes and facilities.

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9 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia, Rafah, death toll hits 24

GAZA, Saturday, August 06, 2022 (WAFA) – Nine Palestinians were killed and many others wounded in a fresh round of Israeli strikes on Jabalia refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip, and on Rafah refugee camp, south of the enclave, according to local sources.

So far, the number of casualties caused by the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has reached 24, according to the Ministry of Health, while the number of wounded has climbed to nearly 203.

WAFA correspondent said Israeli fighter jets attacked a group of civilians in Jabalia refugee camp with at least two missiles, killing six Palestinians, including two children, and injuring many others.

Paramedics told WAFA that most of the injuries were described as critical, noting that some of them were children.

Israeli fighter jets also attacked a house in Rafah, killing two civilians and causing the injury of many others. The wounded were rushed to Abu Yousef Al-Najjar Hospital for medical treatment.

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