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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (Reuters) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 23:06 08/11/2007 UN Chief orders full probe of rocket launching from school in Gaza By Reuters tags: Ban Ki-Moon, Gaza Strip  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked for a full investigation of an incident in which Palestinian militants fired rockets at Israel from a UN-run school in Gaza, the United Nations said on Thursday. UN officials said the school in the town of Beit Hanoun run by the UNRWA agency, which aids Palestinian refugees, was empty at the time of last week's incident after being evacuated because of an Israel Defense Forces incursion into Gaza. Advertisement "The Secretary-General has asked that UNRWA fully investigate this incident," UN spokeswoman Marie Okabe said at a news briefing. "The Secretary-General condemns this abuse of UN facilities, which is a serious violation of the UN's privileges and immunities," Okabe said. "He calls on all involved in this conflict to avoid actions that endanger the lives of civilians, especially children, and that put at risk UNRWA's ability to carry out its humanitarian mission." UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen Koning AbuZayd told a UN news conference on Wednesday that all teachers and students and the one guard employed at the school had been moved out following the Israeli incursion. She said first reports were that a Palestinian militant had been killed near the school and UNRWA only discovered militants had been inside after seeing television footage a week ago. "This is a problem when we're not there, what happens to our schools," AbuZayd said. "We've complained frequently to both sides: to the Israelis when the IDF comes in and use our schools for interrogating people, and also to the Palestinians whenever anybody also violates our installations." She said UNRWA had complained about the latest incident to Palestinian authorities in Gaza, which was taken over by the militant Hamas group in June, "and I think ... the powers in Gaza right now will try to do something." Israel occupied the Gaza Strip along with other territories in 1967, but withdrew in 2005. IDF troops, however, still frequently mount raids into Gaza to try to strike at Palestinian militants firing rockets at Israel. UNRWA's full name is United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Founded in 1948, it provides education, health, relief and social services to over 4.4 million refugees in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, according to its Web site. Bookmark to del.icio.us Religious identity Palestinian negotiator Erekat: Palestinians won't accept Israel as a 'Jewish State' Freedom of expression The head of Google Israel refuses to censor anti-Jewish hate material on the internet.   1.   Shame on Israeli Lefties running the IDF for hiding the fact 22:47  |  Absolute Sweden 08/11/07   2.   Ban`s Order 22:53  |  Brad 08/11/07   3.   About time Pals have been abusing UN&Red Crescent facilities 23:20  |  PETER SM 08/11/07   4.   UN staff probably helped 23:29  |  SystemF 08/11/07   5.   Good! 23:31  |  POP 08/11/07   6.   Quite Typical 23:36  |  Mohan 08/11/07   7.   Israelis to blame 23:36  |  Charles Star 08/11/07   8.   what is new?children are used always asa human shield 23:37  |  issy hass 08/11/07   9.   laugh 23:58  |  Yonni 08/11/07   10.   There`s nothing new here 23:59  |  * BEN JABO 08/11/07   11.   UNRWA - UNIFIL What farcical bodies 00:42  |  Dakkar 09/11/07   12.   AbuZayd get it into your head: There is a problem even when you.. 00:57  |  Genuine Tosefta 09/11/07   13.   At least they`re learning their trigonometry! 01:14  |  Paul Freedman 09/11/07   14.   Waiting for Haaretz`s Loons to Comment 02:00  |  Tod Zuckerman 09/11/07   15.   Now when are they going to probe the firing from `Refugee Camps` 02:14  |  Gee 09/11/07   16.   What? Terrorists don`t respect the rules! 02:43  |  Nechama 09/11/07   17.   PARASITES AND LIP SERVICE 03:39  |  NEIL GOLAN 09/11/07   18.   Lip Service 04:24  |  Joseph E . 09/11/07   19.   Wake up Ban Ki Moon! Go see for yourself! or Read This! 05:12  |  Maureen Ann 09/11/07   20.   #19, Maureen Ann... 05:42  |  Silvienne 09/11/07   21.   Note to Ban: Investigate Israeli killing of UN observers 06:08  |  Natallie Durson 09/11/07   22.   Where are Carter and Tutu now?? 07:55  |  Evan 09/11/07   23.   Natallie Durson 08:40  |  Nechama 09/11/07   24.   #21 Nutali 08:57  |  51 Shekels 09/11/07   25.   Natallie the outrageous! 09:00  |  S 09/11/07   26.   Dear Ms. Durson 09:27  |  Ahmed Abu Ehud 09/11/07   27.   Nechama 09:51  |  Anne 09/11/07   28.   MAUREN AN, MAUREN AN, MAUREN AN, Where are you my dear? 10:05  |  Genuine Tosefta 09/11/07   29.   MAUREN AN, MAUREN AN, MAUREN AN, Where are you my dear? 10:07  |  Jalal Shahid 09/11/07   30.   Hey Jalal, stealing my identity now? I do not want her.... 10:13  |  Genuine Tosefta 09/11/07   31.   to Ahmed Abu Ehud - Natallie insults everybody right and left 10:16  |  S 09/11/07   32.   moon shines over gaza !more un hilarity 11:35  |  victor hardman 09/11/07   33.   #21 nutullie when the us investigates british deaths in iraq 11:56  |  v ictor hardman 09/11/07   34.   #20 Silvienne - That still doesn`t justify 11:58  |  * BEN JABO 09/11/07   35.   Genuine Tosefta 12:03  |  * BEN JABO 09/11/07   36.   Genuine Tosefta 12:05  |  * BEN JABO 09/11/07   37.   #31 S Natalie & Koran 12:10  |  * BEN JABO 09/11/07   38.   #21 Ban Yes, investigate 12:27  |  * BEN JABO 09/11/07   39.   BEN JABO #37 Thank you! 12:45  |  S 09/11/07   40.   # 21 Durson UN did Investigate 13:49  |  Lynn 09/11/07   41.   #34, Ben Jabo... 17:11  |  Silvienne 09/11/07   42.   #34-2 Silvienne 17:27  |  * BEN JABO 09/11/07   43.   #42, Ben Jabo... 18:00  |  Silvienne 09/11/07   44.   #43 Silvienne - A couple of things 02:22  |  * BEN JABO 10/11/07   45.   #43 Silvienne - more statistics on terror killings 02:36  |  * BEN JABO 10/11/07   46.   #44, Ben Jabo, more things... 08:46  |  Silvienne 10/11/07   47.   #46 Silvienne 19:01  |  * BEN JABO 10/11/07   48.   #39 S 22:39  |  * BEN JABO 10/11/07   49.   S Mohammed & The Jews 03:42  |  * BEN JABO 11/11/07   50.   #47, Ben Jabo... 06:30  |  Silvienne 11/11/07   51.   #48, Ben Jabo to S... 06:31  |  Silvienne 11/11/07   52.   #50 Silvienne - I stand slightly corrected 10:59  |  * BEN JABO 11/11/07   53.   #51 Silvienne - You have a poor sense of time 11:03  |  * BEN JABO 11/11/07   54.   Silvienne - Either you checked it for yourself 18:35  |  * BEN JABO 12/11/07   55.   #54, Ben Jabo... 17:50  |  Silvienne 13/11/07

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