15 Killed after Israel Bombs UN School in Gaza

Click for Source Article on The Real News Network

Pernille Ironside, UNICEF’s Gaza field chief who leads UNICEF’s emergency response across the Gaza Strip, discusses Israel’s bombing of a UN school that killed women, children and UN staff and the realities of humanitarian relief in Gaza – July 27, 2014

Palestinian Death Toll = 1,O36+ keeps on climbing 80+% CIVILIANS and 250 CHILDREN

July 24 = ISRAEL MURDERS 16 Civilians as it BOMBS a UN-controlled school used to shelter civilians + 150 injured.

IRONSIDE: UN school which was housing and sheltering over 800 civilians was hit by shelling. = Schools and places where civilians are congregating are meant to be protected. = Humanitarian Principle = 4 UN SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN BOMBED IN A WEEK = Israeli military knows the GPS coordinates of these shelters? = PREMEDITATED BOMBING!

Israel says they’re just interested in getting rid of tunnels BUT schools and hospitals are BEING BOMBED over last 3 weeks.

IRONSIDE: I have seen multiple damages to civilian infrastructure, such as major sewage pumping stations, sewage treatment plants, water wells. There’s 23+ medical facilities that have now been hit. 117 schools hit (UN schools and public schools) + 3,000+ homes BOMBED into rubble. = Huge impact on civilians and infrastructure destroying lives for DECADE or MORE. There were 159,000 refugees in those117 schools that were bombed + many more are seeking shelter with family members or relatives, or neighbors. = Entire population is upheaved = Ever person is impacted.

IRONSIDE: Israeli claims of Palestinian civilians used as human shields = Gaza is a very small piece of land 24 miles long and 4 or so miles wide is one of the most densely urban populated areas in the world and this growing population has been cooped up in here for 7+ YEARS within a WALLED PRISON. So, there is a mixture of civilians with every other activity.

IRONSIDE: A lot of children need UNICEF for humanitarian aid. The shelling of the schools which house displaced persons is just simply WRONG = Shelling with many, many casualties. = UN cannot move securely to conduct our operations = Delivering life-saving medical supplies + Hygiene kits to public schools + Psychosocial teams to those families who’ve had losses.

IRONSIDE: THE ISRAELI BLOCKADE has for years been a massive imprisoning impact enclosing and confining Palestinian people with no movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza. = Israel allows very little goods into Gaza + There’s simply NO FREEDOMS and NO NORMAL HUMAN RIGHTS and NO OPPORTUNITIES with a 41% unemployment rate or including people working one hour per week = 57% = NO opportunity + Nonexistent economy + NO jobs + NO optimism + NO future + MANY who go to University are NO sitting at home idle + Electricity was on 18 hours a day is NOW near 4 HOURS a day. + Water and fuel are in extraordinarily short supply. + Water in Gaza is going to run out by 2020 says UN + This is the third MAJOR ISRAELI MILITARY MURDER AND DESTRUCTION in 6 YEARS + This MURDER AND DESTRUCTION IS THE WORST SO FAR.