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3 people have been injured inside compound 1 is a fire fighter, food pallets have been damaged that were due to be handed out today, they are having trouble trying to put out fires as they need sand to stop burning.
The United Nations says the headquarters of its aid agency is on fire after being hit by Israeli artillery
[edit on 15-1-2009 by blobby]
[edit on 15-1-2009 by blobby]
A spokesman for the United Nations humanitarian relief agency in Gaza says Israeli shells containing the controversial chemical white phosphorus struck their compound in Gaza City Thursday, setting at least one building on fire and injuring three people.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Israel on Thursday and demanded in a meeting with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that the Jewish state halt its offensive against the Gaza terrorist infrastructure.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli forces shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting fire to the compound filled with hundreds of refugees as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was in the region on a mission to end Israel's devastating offensive against the territory's Hamas rulers.
Ban expressed "outrage" over the bombing. He said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told him there had been a "grave mistake" and promised to pay extra attention to protecting U.N. installations. The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the bombing, which a U.N. official said injured at least three people.
A senior Israeli military officer said Israeli troops shelled after coming under fire from Palestinian militants inside the compound