Published : 22-10-2016
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) condemned on Friday a deadly onslaught by the Syrian army on Khan Al-Shih camp in Damascus western suburbs on October 18 which took away the lives of four Palestinian refugees and a Syrian lady as they tried to leave the camp, seeking safe shelters for their children.
AGPS identified the casualties as Nawfa Mohamed Jarad and her daughter Ibaa Sa’id Al-Nader, along with the van driver Kamal Hussein. A one-year-old toddler and his mother were also among the reported victims, all killed on Tuesday night when their van was hit by shell fire as they attempted to leave the camp for fear of being killed.
UNRWA called on the warring parties to take up their duties in line with the international humanitarian law and to spare no single effort to protect the refugees.
According to UNRWA, tightened military grip around the Khan Al-Shih camp, near the Syrian capital, meant residents face death-defying risks when trying to access aid or to leave the camp.
The U.N. agency warned that Khan Al-Shih camp was at risk of becoming another Yarmouk - the refugee camp in Damascus ravaged by years of unbroken fighting and horrendous violence.
UNRWA urged the warring parties to allow safe passage out of the camp for any residents wishing to run away.
The agency further called for full humanitarian access to Khan Al-Shih to deliver emergency food, cash assistance, and medicines.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) condemned on Friday a deadly onslaught by the Syrian army on Khan Al-Shih camp in Damascus western suburbs on October 18 which took away the lives of four Palestinian refugees and a Syrian lady as they tried to leave the camp, seeking safe shelters for their children.
AGPS identified the casualties as Nawfa Mohamed Jarad and her daughter Ibaa Sa’id Al-Nader, along with the van driver Kamal Hussein. A one-year-old toddler and his mother were also among the reported victims, all killed on Tuesday night when their van was hit by shell fire as they attempted to leave the camp for fear of being killed.
UNRWA called on the warring parties to take up their duties in line with the international humanitarian law and to spare no single effort to protect the refugees.
According to UNRWA, tightened military grip around the Khan Al-Shih camp, near the Syrian capital, meant residents face death-defying risks when trying to access aid or to leave the camp.
The U.N. agency warned that Khan Al-Shih camp was at risk of becoming another Yarmouk - the refugee camp in Damascus ravaged by years of unbroken fighting and horrendous violence.
UNRWA urged the warring parties to allow safe passage out of the camp for any residents wishing to run away.
The agency further called for full humanitarian access to Khan Al-Shih to deliver emergency food, cash assistance, and medicines.
