DayofPal– UNICEF has denounced Israel’s ongoing indiscriminate strikes on northern Gaza Strip, reporting that over 50 children have been murdered in Israeli bombardments in Jabalia, northern Gaza, within just the past two days.
Local sources indicated that these slain children were killed after Israeli strikes levelled two residential buildings that housed hundreds of people in Jabalia refugee camp.
The mass murder of these children came after at least three children were reportedly injured by another Israeli attack on the proximity of a vaccination clinic in Sheikh Radwan, while a polio vaccination campaign was underway.
“And this morning, the personal vehicle of a UNICEF staff member working on the polio vaccination campaign came under fire by what we believe to be a quadcopter while driving through Jabalia – El Nazla. The car was damaged. Fortunately, the staff member was not injured. But she has been left deeply shaken,” UNICEF added in a statement issued on Friday.
The attacks on Jabalia, the vaccination clinic and the UNICEF staff member are yet further examples of the grave consequences of the Israeli indiscriminate strikes on civilians in the Gaza strip.
The organization said International humanitarian law mandates that civilians and civilian infrastructure, including homes and humanitarian workers along with their vehicles, must be safeguarded at all times.
“Displacement or evacuation orders do not permit any party to the conflict to regard all individuals or objects in an area as military targets; nor do they exempt them from their obligations to distinguish between military and civilian objectives, be proportional and take all feasible precautions in attacks.”
“Yet these principles are being flaunted over and over again, leaving tens of thousands of children killed, injured, and deprived of essential services needed for survival.”
UNICEF thereby has urged Israel to promptly investigate the circumstances of the attack on its staff member and to hold accountable those responsible.
Additionally, UNICEF also called on member states to use their influence to ensure respect for international law, prioritizing “the protection of children. It is beyond time to end this war.”
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