LONDON: The secretary general of Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard, has asked the European Union to continue its funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, without any delay. The Amnesty chief made the demand in a letter to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Agnes Callamard urged the EU to continue its financing for the UNRWA, without delay.
Agnes Callamard wrote that the suspension of funding to the UN agency, in a context where shocking signs of genocide exist, risks significantly worsening if not contributing to the harms which the Genocide Convention seeks to prevent.
Amnesty Chief Asks EU to fund UNRWA ‘Without Delay’
Meanwhile, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said that the number of Palestinian people killed in Israel’s war on Gaza is about 30,000 with 76 people killed between Tuesday noon and Wednesday morning bringing the death toll to 29,954.
More than110 people were injured during last 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinian civilians suffering injuries in the conflict since October 7 to more than 70,325, the ministry maintained.
It added that six children had died from malnutrition and dehydration at the Kamal Adwan and al-Shifa hospitals, while others are in serious condition.
Similarly, UNICEF warned that children in the Gaza Strip are not only living under constant threat of attacks, but they are also at high risk of disease in the strip.
Amid the widespread suffering, a large number of children in the besieged Gaza have little choice but to try to sell what they can on the street to earn bread to survive.
