The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza, said that the Israeli occupation army committed a new crime by targeting a shelter center in the Asma school in the Al-Shati refugee camp on Friday, leading to the martyrdom of three citizens and the injury of seven others.
The GMO said in a press release on Friday, that by targeting this UNRWA school, the number of UNRWA schools used as shelters and targeted by the occupation army’s bombing has exceeded 150, in addition to the bombing of dozens of other UNRWA facilities and service centers designated for the displaced.
It added, “The systematic Israeli targeting of the crowded shelters under false pretexts has become clear, as Israel does not care about the protection imposed by the rules of international humanitarian law for these schools, as they are civilian objects and belong to a UN agency that flies the UN flag, in addition to containing large gatherings of civilians, any targeting of which results in a large number of civilian martyrs and casualties.”
It condemned the continuation of the occupation army’s bombardment of the shelters and the continuation of the “crime of genocide against our people,” and called on the United Nations and the international community to take serious action to end this “Zionist thuggery and criminality” that targets the unarmed civilians in every corner of the Gaza Strip, pursuing them with bombardment and killing wherever they seek refuge.
The GMO held the United States a participatory responsibility with Israel for these crimes, and called on the International Criminal Court to take a practical legal step towards these crimes against humanity.
The Office also called on the International Court of Justice to issue a judicial ruling to stop this aggression and condemn Israel and its leaders for all the crimes committed since the beginning of the aggression.
