Israel admits attacking UN school in Gaza

[Hasbara Buster]

Israel admits attacking UN school in Gaza

The Israeli army has acknowledged that its forces fired a mortar shell into a UN-run school in Gaza, killing 16 Palestinians who had sought refuge there.

Israeli army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner said on Sunday that a military investigation into the incident showed that "a single errant mortar landed in the courtyard."

He claimed that the school was empty at the time of shelling.

On July 24, Israeli tank shells slammed into a school in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of people were also wounded in the attack. The school was used as a shelter for Palestinian families forced to leave their homes due to Israel’s deadly offensive in the enclave.

"It is important in a case like this where a UN school in which hundreds of people took refuge is hit in this way, that there should be full transparency and accountability," said Chris Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Gunness stressed that the school was marked as a UN shelter and that the Israeli army was aware of the site, saying UN officials had called the Israeli army requesting a pause for the evacuation of people.

So far more than 1,062 Palestinians and 43 Israeli have been killed in the Gaza war. More than 6,000 Palestinians have also been injured. Hamas puts the number of Israeli fatalities at 100.

PressTV - Israel admits attacking UN school in Gaza

 

[Faqir M. Abdullah]

Shame on Israel for their acts against Gaza and the People of Gaza, they are killing hundreds of innocent civilians, and UN is just watching all the Drama #FACT.

 

[Falcon29]

Now it doesn't matter though. The first few hours matter, and they were coming up with so many stories contradicting each other to rid themselves of blame.

It wasn't a mortar either. It was multiple artillery shells in sporadic timing and was deliberate.

 

[RFS_Br]

It should be noticed that firstly Israel said it was Hamas or IJ's rockets - it's now all but admitting it was lying before. And now it's denying that there were any casualties in that attack, but given Palestinian doctors' and international journalists' testimony, and Israel's record of lying, both on the general conflict as well as this one incident in particular, there's no reason anyone honest would take what the IDF says at face value.

 

[Fukuoka]

JEWS admit it but blame all on the palestinians.

 

[Hasbara Buster]

It wasn't a mortar either. It was multiple artillery shells in sporadic timing and was deliberate.

Nothing new as you know.. Israel always does this deliberately and everybody, every international organization knows this.