Word: unrwa
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...Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the U.N. Secretary-General that he "regretted" the shelling of the U.N. compound but added, "I don't know if you know, but Hamas attacked from within the UNRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency] compound during the humanitarian cease-fire." One U.N. official dismissed this claim as "nonsense," and spokesman Chris Gunness claimed that in a liaison meeting between U.N. and Israeli officials, "the military admitted that the firing did not originate inside the U.N. compound but several hundred meters away." He added, "This isn't the first time that the Israeli government...
...gathering with the other residents in front of the gate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency headquarters. Young wide-eyed children, wailing infants, men and women stood begging the guard to open the gate and allow them to take cover inside. The guard refused. "Go to the UNRWA shelters," he shouted. "There's one 10 minutes away." We all knew those shelters weren't safe, that 48 people had already been killed in them...
...after a preliminary investigation of the Jan. 6 attack at the Fakhura girl's elementary school, "we're 99.9% sure that no militants were at the school," says Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The agency questioned survivors, including UNRWA staff that run the school under U.N. auspices...
...humanitarian corridor" to bring supplies to the besieged 1.5 million Gazans trapped by the conflict and called for all fighting to be suspended for three hours on a daily basis to allow residents to stock up on necessities. "While we welcome the humanitarian corridor," says Gunness, the UNRWA spokesman, "this cannot compromise the need for an immediate cease-fire...
...original version of this story said the the United Nations Relief and Works Agency school in Jabalya was hit by Israeli bombs. That was based on a preliminary UN report on the Jan. 6 incident that referred to "the shelling of the UNRWA school." That report was later clarified to indicate that the shelling and the fatalities took place outside the school. The report reiterated that many among the more than 40 fatalities were among the 1,368 people who had taken refuge in the school...