United Nations Radio

The head of the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees-UNRWA says the agency's compound in Gaza has taken a number of direct hits, resulting in collateral damage where shrapnel has hurt Palestinians seeking shelter in the compound.

attacks on civilians in Gaza

But Commissioner-general Karen AbuZayd tells UN Radio that most serious are some phosphorous bombs that came into the compound creating fires ever since.

"We managed to get a number of fuel tankers out of the compound; we were lucky on that but at great danger to our staff to move them, and to protect one of our smaller warehouses. But the fires at about an hour ago jumped to our large warehouse and are just flaming and ruining everything, destroying everything that's in the warehouses which are the supplies for all the humanitarian agencies in the Gaza Strip."

Ms. AbuZayd says UNRWA is making both verbal and written protests to the highest levels in the military, the Israeli foreign ministry and the Israeli government.

Donn Bobb, United Nations Radio

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