UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini says Jenin has been “ravaged by violence (and) destruction” for a seventh day due to the Israeli military’s operation in the Palestinian territory.

“Over more than 150 hours, people have been undergoing an Israeli military operation, armed clashes & the use of explosives by Palestinian armed groups. Residents have limited access to food, water & medicine,” Lazzarini wrote on X.

He added that UNRWA was working alongside humanitarian and local groups to help deliver aid to the occupied West Bank and called for the “immediate protection of civilians”.

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