New York (UNA/WAFA) - At the request of Algeria, the Security Council discussed, under the item “New developments,” the two recent Israeli air strikes on a school housing displaced persons in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the death of 18 citizens, most of them women and children, and the injury of others, including six UNRWA employees.
In its briefing to the Security Council, Algeria strongly condemned these attacks and expressed its deep concern over the tragic transformation of schools into primary targets for the Israeli occupation forces, causing tragic losses among innocent civilians, noting that this attack is the fifth on this school (Al-Jaouni).
She stressed that humanitarian infrastructure and humanitarian workers enjoy special protection under international humanitarian law, and that targeting them constitutes war crimes under international law, noting that the occupation army is deliberately targeting humanitarian workers, including UNRWA, which has already lost more than 220 employees..
Algeria also stressed the inevitability of putting an end to the ongoing impunity, and called on the Security Council to act in the face of this tragedy..
The Security Council members who spoke (United Kingdom, China, Russia, France, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Sierra Leone, Malta, and Slovenia) stressed that the gravity of the situation required urgent action by the Council, while the representative of the United States objected to the adoption of a Council document, while acknowledging the seriousness of the incidents that had occurred the previous day, noting that his country had asked Israel for an “explanation” of the circumstances of the attacks.
The President of the Security Council (Slovenia) said that he would consult with various delegations to enable the Council to speak with one voice on this tragic incident..
The occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 2023, 41,118, which has resulted in the martyrdom of 95,125 citizens, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of XNUMX others, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.
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