{"id":288694,"date":"2023-07-31T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=288694"},"modified":"2023-08-03T10:26:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:26:57","slug":"ongoing-armed-violence-in-southern-lebanon-refugee-camp-leaves-11-killed-and-dozens-injured-among-palestine-refugees-unrwa-statement","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ongoing-armed-violence-in-southern-lebanon-refugee-camp-leaves-11-killed-and-dozens-injured-among-palestine-refugees-unrwa-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing Armed Violence in Southern Lebanon Refugee Camp Leaves 11 Killed and Dozens Injured Among Palestine Refugees &#8211; UNRWA Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/ar\/newsroom\/official-statements\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%A4%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"blue-with-border-left\"><strong><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">From Dorothee Klaus, Director of\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">UNRWA\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">Affairs\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">in\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">Lebanon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>BEIRUT<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201dArmed violence continues in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/where-we-work\/lebanon\/ein-el-hilweh-camp\">Ein El Hilweh<\/a>\u00a0Palestine Refugee camp in southern Lebanon for more than two days impacting civilians, including children. Families are fleeing for safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to reports, 11 were killed and another 40 were injured, including one staff member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Two UNRWA schools have sustained damage. More than 2,000 people were forced to flee in search of safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response to the urgent needs for shelter, UNRWA, with volunteers opened its schools to accommodate displaced families and is providing basic humanitarian assistance.\u00a0 All UNRWA services in the camp have been temporarily suspended due to the violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNRWA urgently calls on all parties to immediately return to calm and take all measures necessary to protect civilians, including children. We urge all armed actors to respect all UNRWA premises and facilities in accordance with international law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">ENDs\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">\u2013<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Notes to Editors\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"1\"><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">UNRWA provides services\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">to nearly 50,000\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">Palestine Refugees\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">in the Ein El<\/span>\u00a0<span data-ccp-charstyle=\"contentpasted0\">Hilweh Camp\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li role=\"listitem\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"1\"><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">Download camp profile\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/ein_el_hilweh_camp_profile_-_march_2023v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">here<\/span><\/span><\/a><span xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 From Dorothee Klaus, Director of\u00a0UNRWA\u00a0Affairs\u00a0in\u00a0Lebanon\u00a0\u00a0 BEIRUT, \u201dArmed violence continues in the Ein El Hilweh\u00a0Palestine Refugee camp in southern Lebanon for more than two days impacting civilians, including children. Families are fleeing for safety. \u201cAccording to reports, 11 were killed and another 40 were injured, including one staff member of the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ongoing-armed-violence-in-southern-lebanon-refugee-camp-leaves-11-killed-and-dozens-injured-among-palestine-refugees-unrwa-statement\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[933],"document-category":[1329,1338],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1829,1857,2349,2153,1745,2385,1965,6245],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-288694","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-lebanon","document-category-press-release","document-category-statement","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-casualties","document-subject-incidents","document-subject-living-conditions","document-subject-refugee-camps","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","document-subject-security-issues","document-subject-situation-in-lebanon","document-subject-violence","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288697,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/288694\/revisions\/288697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=288694"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=288694"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=288694"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=288694"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=288694"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=288694"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=288694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}