torsdag 5 februari 2009

FN medger felaktig rapportering från Gaza

FN medger nu att uppgifterna om att Israel besköt en FN skola i Gaza var felaktiga. Den påstådda beskjutningen av skolan väckte stora rubriker runt om i världen, när sanningen nu kommer fram blir det knappast några rubriker utanför Israel överhuvudtaget.
UN: IDF did not shell UNRWA school
For close to a month, the UN accused the Israel of hitting the educational compound ran by its Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, which was sheltering more than 1,300 Gazans as the IDF battled Hamas in the camp on January 6.
The strike made international headlines and was one of the many incidents of civilian deaths that led nongovernmental organization and international politicians to call for Israelis to be charged with war crimes for the 22-day military offensive.

But on Tuesday, the UN's Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) slipped a "clarification" notice on the head of its weekly field report from Gaza.

"The humanitarian coordinator would like to clarify that the shelling, and all of the fatalities, took place outside rather than inside the school," the original field report stated.

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