The agency reported, citing a statement from the association, “that from the association’s building, leading to the martyrdom of one employee and the injury of three others, and a fire breaking out on the floor.” Video clips circulated on social media showed the fire in the association’s headquarters as a result of Israeli shelling. Later, images surfaced showing severe injuries among the association’s workers. According to the “Wafa” agency, since October 7, 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, including killing, starvation, destruction, and displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to stop it. The genocide has resulted in more than 209,000 martyrs and injured, most of whom are children and women, over 9,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that claimed many lives, according to “Wafa.”
