It was on the first of November that I indicated that the school in the IDF footage from the 29 October is actually a UN school run by the UN relief agency UNRWA. Since then the UNRWA have kept a tight lid on the issue doing and only the Jerusalem Post reported that Israel complained to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) over the use of a school run by the organization as a launching pad for a mortar attack on Israel. "UNRWA condemns the use of its facilities by militants, not least because these militant activities put the lives of schoolchildren and our teachers at risk and also disrupt our education programme," is how the UNRWA spokesman responded. Nothing noted on the UNRWA website, compared to the condemnation of Israeli military activities in an UNRWA school during August this year.
On the 8 of November Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored a rocket attack against Israel that was launched from a school in the Gaza Strip run by the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees. UNRWA have been asked to to conduct a full investigation of the incident. In the same instance the UN made a point that the school had been evacuated at the time of the rocket attack to ensure the safety of both the staff and the pupils during an Israeli military incursion. Palestinian militants entered the school while it was empty and then fired rockets from the compound. I guess that makes it OK?!?
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