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Thursday, July 24, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, July 24, 2014
UN chief condemns attack on UN school in Gaza
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns a deadly attack on a UN school in northern Gaza that reportedly killed many Palestinians who sought refuge there from Israeli shelling, as well as UN staff.
The UN chief again demands that Israel and Hamas abide by international humanitarian law during their conflict and respect “the sanctity of civilian life, the inviolability of UN premises” and protect humanitarian workers.
However, he says in a statement in Erbil, Iraq, that the “circumstances are still unclear.”
Ban adds that UN staff are attempting to arrange “a humanitarian pause in the hostilities so that civilians could be evacuated.”
“Today’s attack underscores the imperative for the killing to stop — and to stop now,” Ban says.
— AP
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