Prayer: 3,000 Children in Palestinian Refugee Camp Surrounded, Bombed by Syrian Government

Julie Brown Patton : May 24, 2016
Gospel Herald

"The roads and access to the camp must urgently be reopened and vital humanitarian aid immediately allowed in."

(Syria)—[Gospel Herald] An estimated 3,000 children are among the 12,000 civilians in a town near Damascus enclosed by Syrian regime forces. Save the Children spokespeople said the rebel-controlled Khan Eshieh area was completely surrounded, with the one entrance and exit closed by heavy shelling and snipers. The last road to the nearby town of Zakia, known locally as "the Death Road" due to the high risk of traveling on it, was the way the refugees were getting food, medicine and supplies. (Photo: Khan-eshieh Refugee Camp/via Gospel Herald)

Sonia Khush, head of Save the Children's Syria program, told the Independent that despite the supposed ceasefire across the country, people are living in terror with bombardment and the depletion of most medicine, fuel and flour. 
 
"The roads and access to the camp must urgently be reopened and vital humanitarian aid immediately allowed in," said Khush. 
 
A local aid group said three young males were shot dead while trying to escape recently from the camp.  
 
Jafra Foundation representatives who provide education, support and aid in the camp, said basic supplies were dwindling and the situation was expected to worsen.
 
The Independent reported that a Facebook page claiming to represent the local council has documented weeks of intensified barrel bombings and shelling blamed on the Bashar al-Assad's regime in Khan Eshieh. It said five helicopters unloaded more than 20 bombs as well as "sporadic bombardment" with mortars and...
 
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