The head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has denounced an escalation of Israeli strikes across Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours saying that all rules of warfare have been broken.

In a post on X on Sunday, Philippe Lazzarini reiterated his calls for a ceasefire, saying that “the world must not become numb.”

“All wars have rules. All of those rules have been broken,” the UNRWA chief said.

“A ceasefire is long overdue—a respite for civilians wherever they are including across Gaza & the immediate release of hostages. Enough time was wasted,” he stated.

At least seven people were killed and several others injured after an Israeli airstrike targeted tents housing the displaced Palestinians in the al-Mawasi refugee camp, near Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

In central Gaza, a similar strike on a school northwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp caused several fatalities.

The regime’s artillery also shelled several areas across Gaza, leaving an unknown number of Palestinians dead or injured.

Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after Hamas-led resistance groups waged the surprise Operation al-Aqsa Flood against the occupying entity in response to its decades-long campaign of devastation against Palestinians.

The regime’s bloody onslaught on Gaza has so far killed 45,227 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 107,573 others. Thousands more are also missing and presumed dead under rubble.