Officials from the United Nations Refugee Agency in the occupied Palestinian territory (UNRWA) reported that about 100 buildings were demolished or severely damaged as a result of the blasts.

“Sunday’s detonation occurred when children were due to return to school,’ explained Juliette Touma, UNRWA’s director of communication.”

So far, the agency’s 13 schools in the refugee camp remain closed, depriving five thousand children of education.

In Gaza, two-thirds of UNRWA facilities remain closed, including shelters for displaced families, and more than 270 UNRWA staff members were killed in Israeli attacks.

Although the Israeli Parliament’s ban on UNRWA operations came into force on January 30, the Knesset has not yet communicated how these laws will be implemented.

Since the beginning of the ceasefire on January 19, the agency has been managing the distribution of supplies from the 4,200 trucks of humanitarian aid, which represents more than 60 percent of the supplies that arrived in the Gaza Strip.

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