UN backtracks on claim that deadly IDF strike hit Gaza school

[toomuchtime_]

The United Nations has reversed its stance on one of the most contentious and bloody incidents of the recent Israel Defense Forces operation in Gaza, saying that an IDF mortar strike that killed 43 people on January 6 did not hit one of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency schools after all.

It seems that the UN has been under pressure to put the record straight after doubts arose that the school had actually been targeted. Maxwell Gaylord, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Jerusalem, said Monday that the IDF mortar shells fell in the street near the compound, and not on the compound itself.

Gaylord said that the UN "would like to clarify that the shelling and all of the fatalities took place outside and not inside the school."
UNRWA, an agency whose sole purpose is to work with Palestinian refugees, said in response Tuesday that it had maintained from the day of attack that the wounded were outside of the school compound. UNRWA said that the source of the mistake in recent weeks had originated with a separate branch of the United Nations.

Senior IDF officials had previously expressed skepticism that the school had been struck, saying that two mortar shells could not kill 43 people and wound dozens more.

Questions about the veracity of the claims that the school had been hit by the IDF were also raised last week by the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. The newspaper said that a teacher in the UNRWA compound at the time of the strike "was adamant" that no people had been killed inside the compound.

The newspaper quoted the teacher as saying that, "I could see some of the people had been injured... But when I got outside, it was crazy hell. There were bodies everywhere, people dead, injured, flesh everywhere."

The newspaper said that the teacher had been told by the UN not to speak to the media. "Three of my students were killed," he said. "But they were all outside."

UN backtracks on claim that deadly IDF strike hit Gaza school - Haaretz - Israel News

 

[Ravi]

I'm sure the terrorist supporters will claim that Jews have infiltrated the UN.

 

[Shogun]

ahhh.. yes.. RIGHT OUTSIDE... yes.. that.. uh, makes it better.

 

[manu1959]

gee the un lied.............shocking......

 

[DiveCon]

gee the un lied.............shocking......

say it aint so

 

[Xenophon]

So much for that claim.

 

[Care4all]

this is more serious than a lie, imo.

it shows a concerted effort to harm israel, through propaganda....that reached throughout the world imo.

 

[DiveCon]

this is more serious than a lie, imo.

it shows a concerted effort to harm israel, through propaganda....that reached throughout the world imo.

it sure is

 

[Ravi]

Especially the bit about the UN telling the teacher not to speak to the media.

wtf?

Some heads need to roll at the UN, they are lately the entity that gives people like Soggy and TM false ammo to support Hamas.

 

[jillian]

No surprises. This isn't our grandfathers' UN.

Do you think the Israel Haters will post a dozen threads apologizing?

I won't hold my breath. I don't look good in blue.

 

[Xenophon]

Heads never roll at the UN, look at the farce with Saddam Hussein, nothing was really done about it.

 

[toomuchtime_]

No surprises. This isn't our grandfathers' UN.

Do you think the Israel Haters will post a dozen threads apologizing?

I won't hold my breath. I don't look good in blue.

The problem is that this is your grandfather's UN. Who can forget Kofi Annan's public meltdown over the alleged Jenin massacre during the reoccupation of the West Bank? It is not too much to say that the UN is the single greatest obstacle to peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The entire right to return issue was created and is still perpetuated by UNRWA. If Obama is serious about trying to bring peace to the area, the first thing he needs to do is to tell Mitchell to begin his efforts by reforming UNRWA.

 

[Shogun]

You fucking idiots realize that the posted article clarifies the the bomb STILL DROPPED RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FUCKING UN BUILDING, yes?





BLEEEET! BLEEEEEEEEET! ISRAEL, RIGHT OR WRONG! BLEEEEET!

 

[Care4all]

You fucking idiots realize that the posted article clarifies the the bomb STILL DROPPED RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FUCKING UN BUILDING, yes?





BLEEEET! BLEEEEEEEEET! ISRAEL, RIGHT OR WRONG! BLEEEEET!

yes, but THAT clearly wouldn't have the SAME IMPACT as the UN spreading the rumor INTENTIALLY that they targeted and hit a SCHOOL....

and you KNOW THAT....

anyone with a brain can see that....biased or not.

 

[Shogun]

Are you fucking kidding me? So, do you think Colombine would have been LESS of a fucking travesty if those kids only shot students on the fucking sidewalk OUTSIDE?

jesus fucking christ, how much does it take to rock your goddamn excuse machine?

 

[toomuchtime_]

You fucking idiots realize that the posted article clarifies the the bomb STILL DROPPED RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FUCKING UN BUILDING, yes?





BLEEEET! BLEEEEEEEEET! ISRAEL, RIGHT OR WRONG! BLEEEEET!

yes, but THAT clearly wouldn't have the SAME IMPACT as the UN spreading the rumor INTENTIALLY that they targeted and hit a SCHOOL....

and you KNOW THAT....

anyone with a brain can see that....biased or not.

Even more than that, the original UN lie was that 43 people who had taken refuge inside of the school were killed by the mortar that struck the school. Now the UN has been forced to acknowledge that the mortar struck outside the school grounds and that none of the people killed was on school grounds. That means there is absolutely no possibility the original UN story could have been an honest mistake, but it should come as no surprise to anyone that the UN purposefully spread anti Israeli propaganda since it has a sixty year record of embracing and promoting anti Israeli propaganda.

 

[Shogun]

Now the UN has been forced to acknowledge that the mortar struck outside the school grounds and that none of the people killed was on school grounds.




YEA! lord fucking knows that dead civilians don't matter if they were standing 5 feet from the fucking UN doorway!

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Now the UN has been forced to acknowledge that the mortar struck outside the school grounds and that none of the people killed was on school grounds.




YEA! lord fucking knows that dead civilians don't matter if they were standing 5 feet from the fucking UN doorway!

You are just so amazingly ignorant. You surpass yourself some days though. Go peddle your anti sematic crap somewhere where someone believes your lies.

 

[Shogun]

Now the UN has been forced to acknowledge that the mortar struck outside the school grounds and that none of the people killed was on school grounds.




YEA! lord fucking knows that dead civilians don't matter if they were standing 5 feet from the fucking UN doorway!

You are just so amazingly ignorant. You surpass yourself some days though. Go peddle your anti sematic crap somewhere where someone believes your lies.

Hey bitch, AGAIN, everything I've posted comes DIRECTLY from the article posted by the OP. If you don't like it when someone points out the fallacy behind the zionist agenda then so be it. Lord fucking knows you'd support a killer jew if for the SOLE purpose of keeping your place in the salvation line.

 

[Gurdari]

From the Globe and Mail:


John Ging, UNRWA's operations director in Gaza, acknowledged in an interview this week that all three Israeli mortar shells landed outside the school and that "no one was killed in the school."

"I told the Israelis that none of the shells landed in the school," he said.

Why would he do that?

"Because they had told everyone they had returned fire from gunmen in the school. That wasn't true."

Mr. Ging blames the Israelis for the confusion over where the victims were killed. "They even came out with a video that purported to show gunmen in the schoolyard. But we had seen it before," he said, "in 2007."