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Friday, August 1, 2014
UN envoy condemns report of ‘serious’ Hamas truce violation
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUN special envoy Robert Serry says in a statement that he was informed by Israel of “a serious incident this morning” during the truce involving ” “a tunnel behind IDF lines in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip,” in which two soldiers and multiple Palestinians were killed.
“The United Nations is not in a position to independently confirm these reports,” Serry says. If confirmed, however, “this would constitute a serious violation of the humanitarian ceasefire in place since 8 a.m. this morning by Gazan militant factions, which should be condemned in the strongest terms.”
Serry calls on the Palestinian factions to observe the humanitarian truce, and voices concern about “serious consequences on the ground that could arise as a result of this incident.”
The Times of Israel Community.