From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
4 schools hit in the last 4 days.
Since the war began, two thirds of @UNRWA schools in Gaza have been hit, some were bombed out, many severely damaged.
Schools have gone from safe places of #education & hope for children to overcrowded shelters and often ending up a place of death & misery.
Nine months in, under our watch, the relentless, endless killings, destruction and despair continue.
Gaza is no place for children.
The blatant disregard of international humanitarian law cannot become the new normal (read more in essay).
Ceasefire now before we lose what is left of our common humanity.
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