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Increased violence in Eastern Ghouta and mortar attacks in Damascus and surroundings distribution centers
The month of February witnessed an increase in violence in Eastern Ghouta due to military operations and conflict-related hostilities, exposing up to 400,000 civilians (OCHA), including up to 2,600 Palestine refugees, to a dire humanitarian crisis and causing loss of life and destruction of infrastructure. The fighting in Ghouta was accompanied by an increase in mortar incidents in Damascus and its surroundings. On 21 February 2018, two UNRWA students, aged fourteen, were killed in a mortar attack as they walked home after school near the Palestine refugee camp of Jaramana. Two other students were also injured in the attack.