费卢杰激战导致平民伤亡 Civilian Casualties in Fierce Battle for Fallujah

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随着攻打伊斯兰国控制的伊拉克城市费卢杰的战斗加剧,平民伤亡开始增加。

挪威难民理事会的一名官员说:“费卢杰正在发生一场人类灾难。平民百姓被困在交战炮火中,无法安全逃脱。”

伊拉克部队为夺回这座城市而发动进攻。

联合国儿童基金会发表声明说,至少2万儿童被困在费卢杰城内。联合国儿童基金会敦促交战各方确保这些儿童的安全。

联合国难民署还得到了一些有关平民在猛烈炮火中丧生或在房子废墟里被活埋的报告。

难民署发言人斯平德勒说,还有报道说,“数百户家庭”被伊斯兰国激进分子“当作人体盾牌”。

自战斗上周打响以来,已有大约625户人家设法外逃。伊拉克部队将逃出的男子进行隔审查,担心那些在伊斯兰国组织统治下生活了两年多后离开那里的人们是否效忠伊斯兰国。

Civilian casualties are beginning to mount as the battle for the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah intensifies.

"A human catastrophe is unfolding in Fallujah. Families are caught in the crossfire with no safe way out," said an official of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Iraqi forces have launched an offensive aimed at retaking the city.

At least 20,000 children are trapped inside the city, according to a statement released by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The organization has urged all parties to ensure the safety of these children.

The U. N. refugee agency has received reports of civilians being killed in heavy shelling or buried alive under the rubble of their homes.

"There are also reports of several hundred families being used as human shields" by Islamic State militants, said UNHCR spokesman William Spindler.

Some 625 families have managed to escape the fighting since last week. Iraqi forces are separating out and screening the men, out of concern about the loyalties of those who are leaving the city after living under IS rule for more than two years.