Gaza Strip authorities said Thursday that an Israeli explosion killed the mayor of the Nuseirat refugee camp, Iyad al-Maghari.

Al-Maghari’s death occurred the day after the Israeli army attacked. 40 people killed in attack on UN agency school for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA), located in the said camp in the center of the Gaza Strip.

“The Israeli occupation army has committed cowardly murder of the mayor of Nuseirat and groups of civilians who bombed them directly from planes in the Nuseirat camp, which is considered a war crime in violation of international laws that provide immunity and protection to civilians,” the Gaza Strip press office said in a statement to the authorities.

In this sense, he noted that “this crime is considered a new episode of crimes of occupation” against “the Palestinian people, who This has affected all industries deliberately and pre-planned.

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“The purpose of the occupation create a state of chaosincrease the humanitarian crisis and interfere with the provision of municipal services to citizens and internally displaced persons,” he said.

“Al-Maghari, considered service official who chose to fulfill his national duty and provide service from the first moment and without interruption to the population of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Central Province, throughout all the days of the genocidal war, he was faithful and dedicated to his work and service. his people and his country,” he emphasized. (Europe Press)