Ban Ki-moon

Thankfully, Israel doesn’t feel the same way.

Via Times of Israel:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said on Wednesday the Israeli strikes on UN facilities in Gaza over the course of Operation Protective Edge were “outrageous, unacceptable and unjustifiable,” even if the facilities were used by Hamas to store weapons or if rockets were fired from their near vicinity.

“Yes, we uncovered cases in which weapons were stored in a small number of abandoned buildings,” he said, addressing a special General Assembly session on Gaza. “Yes, there were reports that Hamas rockets were fired from near UN premises. Yet, let me be clear: Mere suspicion of militant activity does not justify jeopardizing the lives and safety of many thousands of innocent civilians.”

He added that “international humanitarian law clearly requires protection by all parties of civilians and civilian facilities, including UN staff and UN premises… Those who violate this sacred trust must be subject to accountability and justice.”

Ban said that in one case, the IDF shelled a UN facility after the UN transferred the coordinates of the site to the army 33 times to prevent attacks on the site.

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