NPA car hit by missile in Gaza
Source: Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) - Norway
Torunn Aaslund/NPA
It was friday night at around 11 pm that a drone missile hit the car. Secretary General of NPA, Petter Eide, tells NRK that the car was clearly marked with the NPA logo, and that it was impossible for the personell in control of the drone to miss that this was a humanitarian vehicle.
The attack happend inthe refugee camp Beach Camp, north of Gaza city. According to Petter Eide there is no military targets in the area.
None of the residents was injured in the attack. But all the windows in the building was blow in. 25 people was reciding in the appartment of Mahmoud Hamada, this was friends and family that during the bombardment have moved in with Hamada hoping that his appartment was safer than theirs. All of them have relocated during the night.
Raymond Johansen in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs characterises the incident as a clear violation of international law, according to NRK. MFA is in contact with the Israeli authorities and will be addressing this incident.
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Israeli army denies shooting at U.N. truck in Gaza
Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:23am EST
GAZA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Israeli military denied on Saturday that Israeli soldiers had shot at a United Nations aid truck in a convoy headed to a Gaza crossing two days ago.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) had initially accused Israeli troops on a two-week offensive against Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip of shooting at the U.N. convoy bringing humanitarian aid on Thursday, killing one worker.
An Israeli statement issued on Saturday said "the Israeli army did not fire upon the truck," and that those wounded in the shooting were treated at an Israeli hospital.
Christopher Gunness, a spokesman for UNRWA, said the agency had not accused Israel of deliberately targeting its personnel....
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