13 Mar 2024
UNRWA says a facility used ‘to distribute much-needed food and other lifesaving items to displaced people’ was hit.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has said one of its warehouses in war-ravaged Gaza was “hit”, amid mounting efforts to bring food to the besieged Palestinian territory.
Israel’s war on Gaza, raging since October 7, has caused mass civilian deaths, reduced vast areas to a rubble-strewn wasteland and sparked warnings of looming famine in the Palestinian territory of 2.3 million people.
A UN (United Nations) staff stands near a pool of blood at a UN warehouse in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 13, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Mourners surround the body of a UN (United Nations) staff at Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 13, 2024, following Israeli strikes amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
A wounded Palestinian girl receives emergency medical assistance at the entrance of Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, following Israeli strikes on March 13, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Injured Palestinian men sit at Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, following Israeli strikes on March 13, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
A Palestinian man checks a pool of blood at an UNRWA warehouse and distribution centre in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, following an Israeli strike on March 13, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its warehouses in war-ravaged Gaza was hit on March 13, amid mounting efforts to bring food to the besieged Palestinian territory. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
