French president says UN school shelling in Gaza ‘unacceptable’

French President Francois Hollande says the bombing of a UN school in Gaza was “unacceptable” and called for those responsible to “answer for their actions”.

In the statement sent to AFP, Hollande denounces the “unacceptable bombing of a school in Rafah run by the United Nations, which caused the death of at least 10 people who had taken refuge there”.

The French president did not say who he considered responsible for the attack, but backs calls by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “to ask that those responsible for this violation of international law answer for their actions”.

Responsibility for the attack has not yet been formally established. The Israeli army says it had targeted “three terrorists” from the Islamic Jihad group riding a motorcycle near the Rafah school and was examining the “consequences of this strike.”

— AFP