EIGHT ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA TRAINEES KILLED IN LEBANON

   

VIENNA, 7 June (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA) — Eight people were killed on Saturday, 5 June when a rocket hit a bus run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA) south of Beirut.

Seven of the victims were women trainee teachers from ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA's Training Centre at Siblin, and the eighth was an instructor.

Hostilities in southern Lebanon interrupted ration distribution at Sidon, ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA officials reported. They have taken heavy ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA vehicles off the road to conserve fuel stocks, which cannot at present be replenished because of local shortage.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA provides education, health and relief services to about 226,000 registered Palestine refugees in Lebanon.

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