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Jabaliathe largest refugee camp in the Gaza stripwas bombed by Israel on Tuesday, leaving dozens of civilians dead and causing great shock and disgust around the world. The images broadcast by international media are horrific: they show huge craters, buildings demolished by the explosion, mountains of rubble and numerous people desperately searching for and removing survivors or corpses.
The Palestinian militant group Hamasthat controls Linkreported that at least 145 people were killed in the attack.
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According to the Army Israelthe attack would kill a commander of the Hamas. He claimed the attack killed him and about 50 militiamen who were hiding in tunnels.
The EFE agency explained that the Israeli fighter jets dropped tons of explosives underground which caused the destruction of the foundations of buildings in the area and the demolition of many of the buildings.
This Wednesday, Hamas reported that the refugee camp was attacked again by Israel, causing “another tragic massacre”.
This second attack caused “dozens of deaths and injuries”, according to Hamas. He added that The attack took place in the Fallujah neighborhoodin the same refugee camp as Jabalia.
This Wednesday Israel It is Hamas They were on the 26th day of the war that broke out on October 7, when the Islamists infiltrated Israeli territory and killed around 1,400 people, in addition to kidnapping around 240 people. In retaliation, Israel has bombed the Palestinian enclave since that day and launched a ground operation with a death toll of more than 8,800.
In this note we explain what the refugee camp of Jabalia and who was the target of the bombing Israel:
O The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) states that Jabalia It is the largest refugee camp of the eight that exist in Gaza strip. Furthermore, it is the closest to the border crossing of Erez with Israel.
Jabalia It covers an area of 1.4 km2 and is located north of Linknear a village with the same name.
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, around 35,000 refugees settled in this camp, most fleeing villages in southern Palestine, according to UNRWA.
After the aforementioned war, more than 800,000 Palestinians were forced to migrate to West BankO Gaza strip and nearby Arab countries.
According to the latest record, more than 107 thousand people live in the Jabalia camp. This represents 18.19% of the total refugee population in Gaza.
In the refugee camp Jabalia UNRWA has 25 schools located in 16 buildings.
The Univision news network reported that living conditions in Jabalia They have become more precarious over the years. The territory went from self-sufficient to completely dependent on food assistance.
Thus, the number of families receiving food is 17,818, which translates into a total of 89,154 beneficiaries.
UNRWA states that the blockade of Gaza taxed by Israel made life increasingly difficult for most refugees in the camp, where there are high levels of unemployment.
Even before the war, the UNRWA considered that a total of 3,900 families (18,356 people) living in the camp were classified as “special needs cases”. While the condition of 1,387 families was very precarious.
Hygiene conditions are also precarious in the field, as 90% of the water obtained from seven wells is not suitable for human consumption.
O UNRWA informs that, through the business credit program, it granted loans to 36 businesspeople resident in campingincluding the owners of aluminum carpentry shops, car repair shops, a blacksmith, a gynecologist, two construction companies, clothing stores, candy stores and a plastic and rubber manufacturer.
Through its loans to commodity solidarity groups, the UN agency has also provided loans totaling €1.8 million to 3,260 rural women.
Israel assured that the objective of the bombing in Jabalia He was the commander of Hamas Ibrahim Biariwhom he accused of being involved in the October 7th surprise incursion into his territory.
Israeli army spokesman Jonathan ConricusI say that Biari It was located in “a vast complex of underground tunnels from which it directed operations.”
“We attacked this compound and estimate that dozens of Hamas fighters were with it and were killed Likewise, when the underground complex collapsed,” Conricus explained.
For his part, the Israeli Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari I say that Biari He was also the “main leader” of combat operations Hamas since Israeli forces entered Link last week.
Hagari added that The bombing of the commercial building where Biari worked caused other buildings to collapse. He assured that the purpose of this infrastructure was to carry out terrorist activities.
“The terrorists of Hamas “They continue to use the civilian population as human shields intentionally and in a very cruel and brutal way,” he said. Hagari when trying to justify the death of civilians in the attack on Biari.
Source: Elcomercio
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