Friday, August 1, 2014

2014 Israel raids on UNRWA schools




2014 Israel raids on UNRWA schools ---



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 2014 UNRWA Facility Incidents is a series of incidents that occured in or around UNRWA facilities in Gaza Strip during 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[1] In an official announcement of Emergency Relief Coordinator, mentioned that two of the three main UN compounds have been damaged, in war crimes committed by both Hamas and Israel.[2]

Background[edit]


Israel used white phosphorusagainst civilians in an United Nations school, Beit Lahiya, 17 January 2009[3]
During Gaza War (2008–09), Israel struckat least two schools in Beit Lahiya (Asma Elementary School) and Jabalia were ran by United Nations and sheltered displaced persons.[4] Chris Gunness, a spokesman for UNRWA, claimed that he believed it to be phosphorus, however this could not be confirmed.[5]
Within the Gaza Strip there are more than 80 schools[6] of the 252[7] run by the UNWRA. Since the beginning of the current conflict, more than 141,000 Palestinian civilians have sought refuge in the schools;[8] but, Israel maintain the Islamist groups, hide weapons in UNschools.[9]

Schools hit[edit]

DateCivilians KilledCivilians WoundedCombatants casualtiesPlace
First School
Second School16 July 20141[10]--Al-Fakhari area
Third School21 July 2014-1[11]-Maghazi Camp
Fourth School24 July 201415[12]200[13]-Beit Hanoun
Fifth School
Sixth School29 July 201420[14]+100[15][16][17]-Jabalia Camp

Reactions[edit]

  •  UN – Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of United Nations, condemned the attack at the school, describing it as "unjustifiable".[18] After the sixth attack, he pointed out that the precise location of this school had been communicated to the Israeli military authorities 17 times. He said: "Nothing is more shameful than attacking sleeping children"[19]
    •  UNRWA - Pierre Krähenbühl, Commissioner-General of the UNRWA, said: "Our shelters are overflowing. Tens of thousands may soon be stranded in the streets of Gaza, without food, water and shelter if attacks on these areas continue."[20] "We have moved beyond what humanitarian action alone can deal with. This is now the time for political action. It is the time for accountability," he said. Krähenbühl described the sixth attack (on Jubalia Camp) as "probably one of the most tragic protection failures that the international community has witnessed." Asked to explain the scale of the civilian suffering to an Arab news station, UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness simply burst into tears. "We have reached breaking point; our staff are being killed, our shelters overflowing", he adds.[21]
  •  USA - Bernadette Meehan, US National Security Council spokewoman, said: "We are extremely concerned that thousands of internally displaced Palestinians who have been called on by the Israeli military to evacuate their homes are not safe in UN-designated shelters in Gaza. those responsible for hiding weapons in United Nations facilities in Gaza."[22]
  •  Israel - After the sixth attack, an Israeli military spokeman, said: "Earlier this morning, militants fired mortar shells at soldiers from the vicinity of the UNRWA school in Jabaliya. In response, soldiers fired towards the origins of fire, and we're still reviewing the incident."[23]
  •  France - Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Israeli military attack that rocked a United Nations school in Jabalya in Gaza's biggest refugee camp.[24]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ UNRWA Strongly Condemns Israeli Shelling of Its School in Gaza as a Serious Violation of International Law UNRWA.org
  2. Jump up^ Gaza conflict: Israel, Hamas both committing war crimes, UN official says CBC.ca
  3. Jump up^ Rain of Fire Human Rights Watch
  4. Jump up^ Israel OK's Gaza "Humanitarian Corridor" CBS News
  5. Jump up^ Israeli Shells Hit UN Compound in Gaza Deutsche Welle
  6. Jump up^http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/gaza-un-school-hit-201473041918975321.html
  7. Jump up^ http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/gaza-strip
  8. Jump up^ IDF shelling kills several at UN school in Gaza Deutsche Welle
  9. Jump up^ Gaza Morgue Worker Numbed as Bodies Pile Up Under Israeli RaidsBloomberg News
  10. Jump up^ On the 9th Day of the Offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israeli Warplanes Escalate Attacks on Houses, Especially Those of Political Leaders PCHR
  11. Jump up^ UNRWA strongly condemns shelling of a school in Gaza sheltering civilians and calls for an investigationUNRWA.org
  12. Jump up^ ‘Appalled’ by attack on UN-run school in Gaza, Ban urges halt to all fighting United Nations News Centre
  13. Jump up^ 15 killed as Israel bombs UN school in Gaza, three shot dead at West Bank protest RTÉ.ie
  14. Jump up^ United Nations secretary general rips Israel for attacking school that sheltered Gaza refugees, killing 20Daily News
  15. Jump up^ Israeli shells hit second UN school sheltering Gaza refugees Aljazeera
  16. Jump up^ Israeli airstrike on Gaza market kills 17 and injures more than 150 shortly after four-hour ceasefire was declared, July 30th 2014, Daily Mail
  17. Jump up^ UN: 'world stands disgraced' as shelter for Gaza children is shelled by Israel, 30 July 2014, The Guardian
  18. Jump up^ U.S., U.N. slam Israel over Gaza school attack Al Arabiya
  19. Jump up^ US and UN condemn school shelling BBC
  20. Jump up^ Israel-Gaza conflict - live The Daily Telegraph
  21. Jump up^ Al-Mughrabi, Nidal; Browning, Noah (31 July 2014). "Under fire and out of cash, U.N. overwhelmed by Gaza crisis". Reuters. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  22. Jump up^ U.S. condemns shelling of U.N. school in Gaza Washington Times
  23. Jump up^ IDF accuses Palestinians of firing from vicinity of UNRWA school, says probing deaths The Jerusalem Post
  24. Jump up^ France condemns Israeli shelling on UN school in Gaza Xinhua

External links[edit]


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