The UN secretary-general on Wednesday said he is “alarmed” to hear that rockets found placed in a UN-run school in Gaza “have gone missing,” and he demanded a full review of such incidents.
A statement by the spokesman for Ban Ki-moon expressed the UN chief’s “outrage and regret” at the placement of weapons at a site run by the global organization.
“Those responsible are turning schools into potential military targets, and endangering the lives of innocent children,” UN staff and anyone seeking shelter, the statement said.
The statement demanded that militant groups stop such actions and be held accountable for endangering civilians.
It gave no details on the number or kind of rockets or the location of the school, which is run by the UN refugee agency for Palestinians, UNRWA.
A week ago, UNRWA said that during a routine check it discovered about 20 rockets hidden in one of its vacant Gaza schools and called on militants to respect the “sanctity and integrity” of UN property. It said the incident was “the first of its kind in Gaza.”
But Tuesday, UNRWA confirmed that it had found a second major cache of rockets hidden in one of the organization’s schools.
The UN statement said Ban has asked for the immediate development of a plan to safely handle any weapons found on UN premises, and he told the UN Mine Action Service to immediately send people to deal with the situation of the missing rockets.
“The United Nations is taking concerted action to increase its vigilance in preventing such episodes from happening again,” the statement said.
The statement gave no details on how the rockets went missing. The UN did not immediately return a request for further comment.
UNRWA tweeted Monday that more than 83,000 people were now taking refuge in its schools in Gaza, and “numbers are growing.”
(AP)
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He seems like a fair guy.
I suggest that he order all the U.N. facilities in Gaza searched for rockets and bombs. He will probably discover thousands hidden with the approval and knowledge of his staff.
How did they happen in the first place ? Is it possible that they r helping hamas wink wink
Oh, the problem with the “missing” rockets is that the un will be a “military target” by some monster Israelis? It’s not a problem that those rockets are being used to kill innocent civilians in Israel?
Oh, the problem with the “missing” rockets is that the UN will be a military target by the monster Israelis? It’s not a problem that the rockets will be used to kill innocent civilians in Israel?
Last time they gave it back and now they are alarmed? What bothers him is that he doesn’t knoww which checkbox to fill in.
Come here donkey moon, i wanna smack you silly. You are a major idiot.
I suggest your headline writer might want to tweak the wording. It sounds like the UN guy is upset that the Hamas rockets are missing their targets in EY. Even the UN is not that anti-Semitic
Endangering civilians? Now?
Lol…
this dude needs to get a real job
Hey Dumb Gum Chump, why don’t you go into Gaza, door by door, and find them. When you do find them, chew on one.
News reports said they gave them to hMas authorities But why is he upset because he got caught or because he hasn’t condemned Hamas shelling of isreal. Or because it’s now apparent that UNRWA is a Hamas front. And they got caught
He should check with the Iron Dome system and see if they’ve got them!
he is alarmed that they didnt give to hamas. what a liar