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Washington, SANA- The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, called for an end to the massacre committed by the fascist Israeli occupation against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
More than 700,000 displaced people live in about 150 UNRWA buildings throughout the Gaza Strip, Washington Post quoted Lazzarini as saying.
Lazzarini noted that about 50 of the agency’s buildings, including schools, were damaged by shelling and 99 of the agency’s employees were killed.
Lazzarini pointed out that “the mass displacement brings Palestinians back to the year 1948, also known as the Nakba, where they read a leaked document of the Israeli government proposing their expulsion to Sinai Peninsula.”
Lazzarini stressed that their fears are exacerbated when they hear Israeli politicians and others referring to the people in Gaza as “human animals” and “terrorists” or calling for “the eradication of Gaza and its people,” which is dehumanizing language that I did not think I would hear in the 21st century.
The current path chosen by the Israeli occupation will not achieve peace and stability, but rather will create a new generation of oppressed Palestinians who are likely to continue resistance, Lazzarini affirmed.
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