News Center- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini Wednesday released a statement on social platform X about Israeli attacks targeting schools in the Gaza Strip.

“At least eight schools hit in the last 10 days, including six UNRWA schools,” Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

“The war robbed the girls and boys in Gaza of their childhood and education,” he said, stressing that schools are not a target.

“Schools must never be used for fighting or military purposes by any party to the conflict. The blatant and constant disregard of international humanitarian law continues unabated. All rules of war have been broken in Gaza. Losing our common humanity must not become the new norm.”

On Monday and Tuesday, Israel conducted attacks on two schools run by the UNRWA in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the middle of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 30 Palestinians.