Israeli military retracts claim that fatal mortar bomb was fired from UN school

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The Guardian:

IDF spokesman says shell that killed four-year-old boy was launched from shelter maintained by Hamas authorities

Harriet Sherwood

23 August 2014

 

The Israeli military has been forced to retract a statement claiming that the mortar shell that killed a four-year-old Israeli boy on Friday was fired from or near a United Nations school in Gaza.

 

After the death of Daniel Tragerman outside his home in a kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border, a spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said the mortar was fired from or near a school run by UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, which was being used to shelter Palestinians who have fled their homes because of bombing and destruction.

 

A correction later tweeted by an IDF spokesperson, Peter Lerner, read: "After further review, the school the mortar was launched near from is not being used as a shelter by UNRWA but rather a shelter maintained by Hamas authorities in Gaza."

 

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Well that's different

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Well you don't want to mess with the UN....

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@Valin

Well you don't want to mess with the UN....

 

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