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Israeli military kills U.N. worker
The UN is demanding an investigation into how the Israeli military killed one of its Palestinian school teachers by blasting open the front door of her Gaza home with explosives in the presence of three of her children.
Wafer Shaker al Daghma, 34, a teacher at a local UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) elementary school, was killed last Wednesday as she stood preparing to open the wooden door of her home to the troops. According to UNRWA and relatives who found her body, the military used an explosive device on the door which blew most of her head from her body. They then confined the traumatised children – aged from two to 13 – for five hours while the body lay outside the door of the room where they were held.
The nation calling itself "Israel" is not the Israel of the bible. The should be held accountable for all their terrorist acts. The UN is demanding an investigation into how the Israeli military killed one of its Palestinian school teachers by blasting open the ... more -
UN suspends food aid to Gaza
The UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees is to suspend its food aid distribution in Gaza because of a lack of fuel caused by the Israeli blockade.
"We have exhausted our stocks of fuel, and are therefore forced to stop our food distributions to 1.5 million inhabitants in the Gaza Strip," Chris Gunness, UNWRA spokesman, said.
More than 80% of Gaza's population relies on humanitarian assistance, with UN food aid going to about 1.1 million people; a high proportion of them are children.
Israel imposed a punishing blockade on the Gaza Strip after the Hamas movement seized power in the territory nearly a year ago, allowing only a minimum of basic supplies through the crossings. The UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees is to suspend its food aid distribution in Gaza because of a lack of fuel caused by the ... more
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