Attack on Gaza school criminal act: Ban

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned an attack that killed 10 people at a UN school in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as ‘a moral outrage and a criminal act’. In his most strongly worded statement yet on an attack against a UN facility in Gaza, Ban called it ‘yet another gross violation of international humanitarian law, which clearly requires protection by both parties of Palestinian civilians, UN staff and UN premises, among other civilian facilities. This attack, along with other breaches of international law, must be swiftly investigated and those responsible held accountable. It is a moral outrage and a criminal act,’ Ban said. A Gaza health official said at least 10 people were killed and 35 wounded after the strike near the boys' school in Rafah. Several bodies, among them children, were strewn inside the UN school's compound. At least one UN staffer was killed, said Robert Turner, the director of operations for the UN Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza, according to AP.