Friday, January 09, 2009



Now they're shooting at the UN

Not content with shelling Palestinian children and dropping white phosphorus on civilians, the Israeli military is now also shooting at the people attempting to minimise the suffering of their victims, causing the UN to suspend all aid operations until their safety can be guaranteed:

The UN's move came shortly after it said one person had been killed and two hurt when a fork-lift truck on a UN aid mission came under Israeli tank fire at Gaza's Erez crossing.

The UN's relief agency Unrwa said it was "with great regret" that it had been forced to make a difficult decision.

"We have suspended our operations in Gaza until the Israeli authorities can guarantee our safety and security," said Unrwa spokesman Chris Gunness.

"Our installations have been hit, our workers have been killed in spite of the fact that the Israeli authorities have the co-ordinates of our facilities and that all our movements are co-ordinated with the Israeli army."

The UN said the movements of the truck hit at the Erez crossing had been co-ordinated and cleared with the Israeli military.

But that I guess just tells them where to shoot.