"Please don't Forget what's Going on in Gaza"

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UNRWA Commissioner-General: "Please don't Forget what's Going on in Gaza"

GAZA, August 3, 2006 (WAFA)- Although the international press is currently focused on Lebanon, the situation Palestinians face in the Gaza Strip is precarious as they flee their homes due to Israeli army shelling.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd, when asked what her message is to a world that is now consumed with news from Lebanon, states: "Please don't forget what's going on in Gaza because there is no let up in incursions and access problems here. What we saw in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday was rather horrific."

Karen Abu-Zayd and John Ging, the Director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, visited Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday where the staff is struggling to deal with wounds resulting in an unusually high number of amputations, stated an article by Adnan Abu Hasna and Chareen Fahmi published Thursday.

Over 1,500 have fled their homes in the Beit Hanoun area within the past two weeks for Jabalia camp due to the shelling. Four UNRWA schools at the camp are serving as makeshift shelters for those compelled to flee their homes.


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