Three Palestinians Killed in Direct Attack on UNRWA School

GAZA, January 6, 2009 (WAFA)- Three Gazans were killed, Monday night, in a direct attack on an UNRWA school. They were among over four hundred people, who, earlier in the evening, had fled their homes in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza and had been given refuge in the UNRWA school.

In a press release issued by UNRWA, the Agency said that the school was clearly marked as a United Nations installation and that the three men, all from the same family, were killed when the school compound took a direct hit.

UNRWA strongly protested these killings and called for an immediate impartial investigation.

“Where it is found that international humanitarian law has been violated, those responsible must be held to account.” UNRWA said, under international law, installations such as schools, health centers and UNRWA facilities should be protected from attack.

This tragic incident again illustrates the most urgent need for an end to the fighting. It also underlines the sad reality facing those fleeing the violence that unless there is a lasting ceasefire, there will remain pervasive risks to civilian lives in Gaza today.

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