Published : 12-10-2016
Dozens of Khan Al-Sheih residents' in Damascus countryside were protesting yesterday in front of UNRWA's office. They were demanding to establish healthy and educational centers and to commit with UNRWA humanitarian duties towards 12000 civilians inside the camp.
UNRWA announced closing all of its schools' after the direct hit which Salameh Girls Preparatory School in Khan Al- Shieh had taken on 28 September 2016 that resulted in one eighth grade student being injured, as well as two teachers, one of whom was seriously wounded. The explosion hit an entrance door adjacent to the teachers’ room inside the school compound.
On 30 September 2016, UNRWA in the Near East strongly condemned the parties responsible for the shelling of one of its schools in Khan Al- Shieh in western Damascus countryside.
It reiterated its strong demands that all concerned parties refrain from employing methods and means of warfare – including weapons – that expose civilians, including Palestine refugees, to grave risk of death and injury. All parties must comply fully with their obligations under international humanitarian law, including as regards the protection of civilians.
At the end of the sit – in, the protesters handed a note from Khan Al-Sheih residents' to UNRWA and Palestinian parties. They listed in the note some points. For instance, the camp is clear from weapons or armed people, demands to stop targeting the camp and to open safe roads, the necessity of delivering food, infants' milk and medical aids and appeals for UNRWA, PLO and all Palestinian parties to take responsibility towards the camp and support its residents' steadfastness till they return to Palestine
Dozens of Khan Al-Sheih residents' in Damascus countryside were protesting yesterday in front of UNRWA's office. They were demanding to establish healthy and educational centers and to commit with UNRWA humanitarian duties towards 12000 civilians inside the camp.
UNRWA announced closing all of its schools' after the direct hit which Salameh Girls Preparatory School in Khan Al- Shieh had taken on 28 September 2016 that resulted in one eighth grade student being injured, as well as two teachers, one of whom was seriously wounded. The explosion hit an entrance door adjacent to the teachers’ room inside the school compound.
On 30 September 2016, UNRWA in the Near East strongly condemned the parties responsible for the shelling of one of its schools in Khan Al- Shieh in western Damascus countryside.
It reiterated its strong demands that all concerned parties refrain from employing methods and means of warfare – including weapons – that expose civilians, including Palestine refugees, to grave risk of death and injury. All parties must comply fully with their obligations under international humanitarian law, including as regards the protection of civilians.
At the end of the sit – in, the protesters handed a note from Khan Al-Sheih residents' to UNRWA and Palestinian parties. They listed in the note some points. For instance, the camp is clear from weapons or armed people, demands to stop targeting the camp and to open safe roads, the necessity of delivering food, infants' milk and medical aids and appeals for UNRWA, PLO and all Palestinian parties to take responsibility towards the camp and support its residents' steadfastness till they return to Palestine
