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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon, who is in the region to end the devastating offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, demanded a "full explanation" and said the Israeli defense minister told him there had been a "grave mistake."
"It's a total disaster for us," [John Ging] said, adding that the U.N. had warned the Israeli military that the compound was in peril from shelling that had begun overnight. U.N. officials say they have provided Israel with GPS coordinates of all U.N. installations in Gaza to prevent such attacks.John Ging, head of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) operations in Gaza, walks at the U.N. compound after it was struck by Israeli fire in Gaza City January 15, 2009. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said its compound, where up to 700 Palestinians were sheltering, was struck twice by Israeli fire and three staff members were injured. REUTERS/Mustafa MohammedSee the full content of this document
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Israel Shells U.N. Headquarters in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel shelled the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, engulfing the compound and a warehouse in fire and destroying thousands of pounds of food and humanitarian supplies intended for Palestinian refugees.
Another Israeli bombardment on Thu...See the full content of this document
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