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35. UPDATE: 15 Die In Shelling Of U.N. Shelter In Gaza; Israel Says Warning Issued

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 02:39 PM

Jul 2014

A United Nations shelter in northern Gaza was shelled on Thursday, causing “multiple deaths and injuries,” according to a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency.

At least 15 people were killed and scores hurt when a school compound in Beit Hanoun, designated as a haven for the displaced, was bombarded by Israeli forces amid heavy fighting with Palestinian militants, a Gaza health official said.

Chris Gunness, a spokesman for the U.N. Refugee and Works Agency, or UNRWA, tweeted that the precise coordinates of the shelter had been relayed to Israeli forces.

Israel’s Defense Forces issued a statement Thursday saying that they had ordered the Red Cross to evacuate civilians from the shelter in Belt Hanoun late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

According to the IDF, Hamas militants prevented civilians from evacuating and continued firing rockets from the area around the shelter.

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http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-gaza-ceasefire-remains-elusive-20140724-story.html

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Israel shells U.N.-run school in Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 [View all] DonViejo Jul 2014 OP

More of the photogenic dead. Orrex Jul 2014 #1

Indeed. 'Yahu prefers them blasted to smithereens. n/t cprise Jul 2014 #33

There will be an accounting for this. ballyhoo Jul 2014 #2

Doubtful, they have yet to be held to account for any of their atrocities. Dragonfli Jul 2014 #10

I'm talking about a different ballyhoo Jul 2014 #21

You think Obama will send them a strongly worded letter... HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #27

I don't include Obama in any of my ballyhoo Jul 2014 #29

One of the schools that had rockets hidden in it? COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #3

Wait ... LannyDeVaney Jul 2014 #4

No, I'm referring to the two other UN schools COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #6

So ... LannyDeVaney Jul 2014 #9

I'm not implying anything. I'm stating that COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #12

Well then, kill those children! JackRiddler Jul 2014 #20

The 2 schools were vacant UNRWA made formal statements about both on their website azurnoir Jul 2014 #23

Yes the UN is notoriously fond of firing missiles Dragonfli Jul 2014 #7

Try to keep up. Rockets have already been discovered COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #13

You mean the abandoned ones? You try to keep up Dragonfli Jul 2014 #15

Abandoned or not they still belong to the UN. COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #16

the UN found while inspecting vacant buildings and announced quite publicly on their website azurnoir Jul 2014 #25

A war crime whether or not there was. geek tragedy Jul 2014 #8

Yes, Hamas hides weapons and crap all over Gaza killbotfactory Jul 2014 #14

OK. What's YOUR solution? Let Israel continue to let COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #17

I would refrain from attacking places that people were told to take refuge in. nt killbotfactory Jul 2014 #18

What about attacking places where the people COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #39

what about where the party doing the bombing shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #47

You know as well as I do that, if Israel really didn't give COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #49

there's a difference shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #50

If they leave, and the Palestinians attack them, they can butcher the Arabs with a clear conscience COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #51

Like when they left Gaza? nt COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #52

If you steal ten apples from me shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #53

My point being that Israel already tried the approach COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #55

Began? shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #56

In other words, Israel should just continue to take it. COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #46

What you DO know is that those weapons and crap COLGATE4 Jul 2014 #41

All the more reason for the good guys to bomb and shell Gaza indiscriminately. nt killbotfactory Jul 2014 #42

This is insane. nm rhett o rick Jul 2014 #5

Barking mad. nt bemildred Jul 2014 #19

But it was only supposed to be used Turbineguy Jul 2014 #11

So bombs and mortars and explosives are now "shells". Aww...shells landed on the schools, so what? Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #22

You hit the nail on the head... NeoConsSuck Jul 2014 #43

My God! Have they no mercy! hrmjustin Jul 2014 #24

You changed the headline. madaboutharry Jul 2014 #26

Bullshit. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #28

Read the story. madaboutharry Jul 2014 #30

The original headline did have that (it's still on google like that) BumRushDaShow Jul 2014 #31

It was an elementary school, 15 dead, they were very telegenically dead, with severed baby limbs and Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #32

They are creating a new generation of people that will hate Israel forever. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #34

UPDATE: 15 Die In Shelling Of U.N. Shelter In Gaza; Israel Says Warning Issued Purveyor Jul 2014 #35

The Israeli propaganda machine can't get their lies straight. The IDF first blamed Hamas for firing Cognitive_Resonance Jul 2014 #37

So you're saying hamas Iamthetruth Jul 2014 #40

About as trustworthy as Israel NeoConsSuck Jul 2014 #44

Maybe you should watch this Iamthetruth Jul 2014 #45

ah, the old false dichotomy arguments shaayecanaan Jul 2014 #48

... countryjake Jul 2014 #36

Eventually it will be verified Iamthetruth Jul 2014 #38

If Israel stopped evicting people... deathrind Jul 2014 #54