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After 15 Palestinians were killed and more than 100 wounded in an assault on a school being run as a shelter in the Gaza strip, Chris Gunness, a spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, broke down in an interview on a television channel yesterday.
The UN has blamed Israel for the attack.
Mr Gunness must be suspended, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor has said, on the basis of a tweet that suggested reporters interview a professor described as a supporter of Hamas.
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Some 3,300 Palestinians, including many women and children, were taking refuge in the Jabalya Girls Elementary School when it came under fire, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said.
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According to the Gaza Health Ministry, 1,323 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since Israel began its offensive on July 8 with the declared aim of halting cross-border rocket fire. Ninety-six Palestinians were killed on Wednesday alone.
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The army has said the main mission of its ground incursion is to locate and destroy tunnels that militants have built under the frontier and have used to launch attacks inside Israel.
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