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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:47 AM Jan 2013

UNRWA Denounces Killing Of 12 Palestinians In Damascus

Excerpt:

The UNRWA said that armed clashes in Al-Husseini area, south of Damascus, leading to the death of at least twelve Palestinian refugees, including children, while at least twenty others have been injured.

Eleven of the slain Palestinian refugees have been identified as Manar Mustafa (Child), Shaima’ Raed (Child), Manal (Teen), Nour Al-Shoury (Child), Mona Abdullah, Jamila (elderly), Mohammad Adel Abdullah, Reem Abdullah (Child), Hanin Abdullah (Child), Samar Abdullah (Child), and Hala Abdullah (Child).

Approximately 870 Palestinians have been killed since the confrontations started in Syria, while thousands have been injured, in different refugee camps, including Al-Yarmouk refugee camp.

http://www.imemc.org/article/64910

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