putting out a statement that is that information from the israelis alleging that it had several staff involved in the october the 7th attacks and the us state department issued another statement talking about what unwra were saying and i2 about what unwra were saying and 12 staff and extremely troubled by the aggravation of further funding to unwra in a significant move and what unwra in a significant move and what unwra have said and they have sacked his 12 workers and full investigations and or people accountable with criminal prosecutions and his allegation standup and putting out such a strong statement and turning the contracts and the fact that the us sorting funding is suggestive of substance to the claim albeit investigation still going on. but unwra is a organisation of 30,000 people and an absolutely critical role in providing health and and welfare services to palestinian refugees pointing gaza but in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem and further out gettin
to publicly say it expects full transparency. israel s military said it conducted a precise strike on a hamas compound in the school and that it killed many of the 20 to 30 fighters it but gaza s hamas run government accused israel of carrying out a quote horrific massacre . it said 14 children and nine women are among the dead. casualties were rushed to the al aqsa martyrs hospital, in the nearby town of deir al balah, which has been overwhelmed since the israeli military began a new ground operation against hamas in central gaza this week. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has the latest, and a warning some viewers may find images in her report distressing. torchlight barely reveals the bodies. who they were, why they were here, can take even longer to expose. israel says this strike hit a hamas compound inside a un shelter. but an israeli human rights group said if that were true, the harm to civilians could still make it a war crime. a hamas official sai
we delayed our strike twice because we identified civilians in the area. israel began a new offensive in central areas of gaza this week. medics say more than 100 people there have been killed. the rapid surge in activity, a sign that pressure to end this war isn t working, or a sign that before too long, it might. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. earlier, i spoke about the dire humanitarian and security situation in gaza with executive director for unrwa usa, mara kronenfeld. i have do stress what colleagues at unwra have said, there is absolutely no safe place in gaza. we know families that have moved ten times and we know of areas that were