Israel apologises to Ban Ki Moonbat for hitting UN compound/Reuters
Some mosques are still standing…
GAZA: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak apologised to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday after Israeli forces shelled the main UN aid compound in the city of Gaza, Ban told reporters. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said its compound, where up to 700 Palestinians were being sheltered, was hit twice by fire and three staff members were injured.
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Ban, visiting Israel as part of a diplomatic drive for a ceasefire in Gaza, said he had protestesd strongly to Barak, who apologised and told him it was a “grave mistake”.
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“I conveyed my strong protest and outrage to the defence minister and the foreign minister and demanded a full explanation,” Ban said.
“The defence minister said to me it was a grave mistake and he took it very seriously. He assured me that extra attention will be paid to UN facilities and staff and this will not be repeated.” UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness said after the shelling of the compound that the agency had put a hold on vehicle movements, but was not suspending aid operations.
Fighting intensified as Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza city on Thursday and unleashed their heaviest shelling of its crowded neighbourhoods in three weeks of war, stepping up pressure on Hamas as the Islamist group weighed a truce. An explosion blasted a tower block that houses the offices of a news agency and several other media organisations, wounding a journalist for the Abu Dhabi television channel.
At least 15 Palestinians were killed in the fighting and dozens of terrified residents were seen fleeing on foot while thousands more huddled in homes that provided precarious shelter. The Palestinian death toll from the air-and-ground offensive has risen to at least 1,055, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. A Palestinian rights group said 670 of the dead were civilians. Thirteen Israelis have been killed — 10 soldiers, and three civilians hit by Hamas rocket fire. Ban said the death toll had reached “an unbearable point”.
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If I was a Israeli commander I would do the exact same thing they are doing now. Publicly apologize, but if any of those U.N. idiots got in my way I wouldn’t change my battle plans.
I agree with the Revparadigm, go through the motions of publically apologising, but carry on regardless.
As far as I’m concerned it’s good news that hamas have turned down a truce in that it gives Israel the opportunity to inflict more casualties upon the heroic mohammedan warriors who’re hiding behind their human shields.
Give them the option of total surrender, or total defeat.
Total surrender, or total defeat exactly. The only option if Israel wants real peace. Well at least from Gaza until they act up again and they will because that is what THEY do. The emulators of that perfect mudering, warlord Prophet Mohammad (%^&$).