Published : 26-02-2018
AGPS revealed in its annual documentational report for the year 2017, titled “Palestinians in Syria.. Between Promises and Restrictions” and launched in early-April 2018, that Deraa camp for Palestinian refugees and its adjacent neighborhoods, were targeted with all kinds of lethal and internationally prohibited weapons, including napalm, cluster bombs and explosive cylinders, which led to the damage and destructions of more than 80% of the houses and personal properties of the residents. It also led to the death of 375 Palestinian refugees in the city of Deraa since the beginning of the Syrian war, in addition to the destruction of some UNRWA’s facilities inside the camp, which was devoid of the majority of its inhabitants as a result of its repeated bombarding.
On its part, UNRWA condemned the escalation of violence in south Syria and called for the protection of the refugees and facilitating the delivery of aid to them. The Agency said that the escalation of violence in the Deraa governorate, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, between the sides of conflict in the region, has resulted in the displacement of the Palestinian refugees and impeding the access to critical, humanitarian aid, as well as leading to deaths among the Palestinian refugees during the year 2017.
AGPS revealed in its annual documentational report for the year 2017, titled “Palestinians in Syria.. Between Promises and Restrictions” and launched in early-April 2018, that Deraa camp for Palestinian refugees and its adjacent neighborhoods, were targeted with all kinds of lethal and internationally prohibited weapons, including napalm, cluster bombs and explosive cylinders, which led to the damage and destructions of more than 80% of the houses and personal properties of the residents. It also led to the death of 375 Palestinian refugees in the city of Deraa since the beginning of the Syrian war, in addition to the destruction of some UNRWA’s facilities inside the camp, which was devoid of the majority of its inhabitants as a result of its repeated bombarding.
On its part, UNRWA condemned the escalation of violence in south Syria and called for the protection of the refugees and facilitating the delivery of aid to them. The Agency said that the escalation of violence in the Deraa governorate, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, between the sides of conflict in the region, has resulted in the displacement of the Palestinian refugees and impeding the access to critical, humanitarian aid, as well as leading to deaths among the Palestinian refugees during the year 2017.
