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| UNRWA chief claims at least 745 Palestinians been killed in its Gaza shelters |
| 2025-01-01 |
| [IsraelTimes] The head of the UN agency helping Palestinian refugees claims that since the war in Gaza began, at least 745 people were killed and more than 2,200 injured in its shelters where they had sought United Nations protection. How many were drawing a second (or first!) salary from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, etc? How many were willing or unwilling human shields for the first group? How many were hostages? How few were actual innocent bystanders unaware of the other categories? Philippe Lazzarini says in a post on X that nearly 650 incidents were recorded against buildings and facilities belonging to the agency, known as UNRWA, and over two-thirds of its buildings and schools have been damaged or destroyed.Lazzarini says 258 UNRWA staff members have been killed and at least 20 are in Israeli detention centers since the outbreak of the Gaza war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 massacre and mass abduction in southern Israel. Israel says it doesn’t target civilians, while Hamas hides and fights among them. He says the agency continues to receive reports that Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups have used UNRWA facilities, and it has verified the takeover of its premises by the IDF on several occasions. Israel has accused UNRWA of being infiltrated by Hamas supporters and it passed legislation on October 28 — which takes effect in 90 days — banning the UN agency from operating in the country. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 745 Palestinians been killed in its Gaza shelters I can see some economies of scale here: Instead of driving all over town picking up random corpses, you just load up a dump truck at the site and cart them off to the protein banks. Super easy. Barely an inconvenience. From an OSHA standpoint, it does not say much for the quality of UN shelters if nearly 3,000 people were killed/injured in them. However, the UN Special Committee on UnWarranted Assumptions cautions against extrapolating this conclusion to the UN as a whole. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-01-01 12:35 |
| #1 Question: How many did the proven, Hamas supporting UNRWA kill, or place in areas to cover Hamas operatives and operations that got them killed? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-01-01 04:31 |