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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Philippe Lazzarini

I run the UN agency for Palestine refugees. History will judge us all if there is no ceasefire in Gaza

People search through buildings that were destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25.
‘Gaza is becoming the graveyard of a population trapped between war, siege and deprivation.’ Photograph: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

For more than two weeks now, unbearable images of human tragedy have come out of Gaza. Women, children and elderly people are being killed, hospitals and schools have been bombarded – no one is spared. As I write this, UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, has already, tragically, lost 35 of its staff, many killed while in their homes with their families.

Entire neighbourhoods are being flattened over the heads of civilians in one of the most overcrowded spots on Earth. The IDF has been warning Palestinians in Gaza to move to the southern part of the strip as it bombs the north; but the strikes also continue in the south. There is nowhere safe in Gaza.

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