Israeli government spokesman exposed by CNN

Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev was interviewed on CNN regarding Thursday's IDF attack on UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City

The U.N. says Israeli artillery hit its aid headquarters compound in Gaza City, setting their buildings on fire.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned an attack on a U.N. relief agency's compound in Gaza City Thursday, which he and other U.N. officials say was committed by Israeli forces.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned an attack on a U.N. relief agency's compound in Gaza City Thursday, which he and other U.N. officials say was committed by Israeli forces.

"[Israeli] Defense Minister Barak said to me it was a grave mistake and he took it very seriously," Ban said at a news conference in Tel Aviv with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

But Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said the matter is still under investigation. When asked about Ban's comment, Regev said Defense Minister Ehud Barak actually told the U.N. chief that "if it was Israel's fire, it was a grave mistake."

Regev said it was "not clear whose shells, whose fire hit the U.N. facility."

"It could have been ours, it could have been Hamas'," Regev said. "This is being investigated."

Israeli forces moved into Gaza City overnight. During the clash with Hamas fighters, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency headquarters complex -- located in a densely populated neighborhood -- was hit repeatedly by shrapnel and artillery.

The burning compound emitted a massive pillar of billowing black smoke. Clashes around the compound in Gaza City made it impossible to extinguish the fires, UNRWA Director John Ging said.

An artillery shell struck one building wounded three workers, and the compound's warehouse and workshop were burning out of control within an hour and a half, he said.

"We warned the Israelis hour by hour through the night of the vulnerabilities here as the shells came closer and closer and shrapnel was coming into the compound on a regular occasion," Ging said. "Nonetheless, we have now been subjected to these direct hits."

Ging identified the source of the fires as white phosphorus shells, whose use is restricted under international law.

"It looks like phosphorus, it smells like phosphorus and it's burning like phosphorus," Ging said. "That's why I'm calling it phosphorus."

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the allegation. But the U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of using white phosphorus shells in Gaza during its campaign against Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that has ruled Gaza since 2007.

Human Rights Watch said that although the use of white phosphorus to obscure military movements is legal, the substance can burn civilians and start fires in the densely populated territory.

The Israel Defense Forces initially denied using the ordnance. But by Monday, Israeli officials said only that any shells fired in Gaza "are in accordance with international law."

Regev said Hamas is also armed with phosphorus shells and has fired them at Israelis.

"Phosphorus shells were shot by Hamas from Gaza into Israel," Regev said Thursday. "That was documented yesterday."

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 5,000 wounded since the conflict began, Palestinian officials said Wednesday. Israel said 10 of its soldiers and three civilians have been killed and more than 100 soldiers have been wounded.

Following the last two days of bombardment, the private relief agency CARE announced it was canceling its distribution of food and medical aid to the territory during Thursday's fighting as well. Read an aid worker's diary
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UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness said the agency had urged both Israel and Hamas, which has been firing rockets into southern Israel, to heed

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[jmzimmerman1984]

even on CNN it's clear that Israel is full of shit

[venomgg2sandman]

rememeber hitler said he would leave some of these jews alive to show the rest of the world what they are like

[conspiracymedia]

Zionist gases Jews in WW2 "The Transfer Agrement"Zionist and Hitler made a deal.

[N1k1mon]

@lahmekful

Good point, they always use the opposite tactic and blame it on Palestinians, as if it means anything to the actual residents of Palestine how much of the middle east is Arab. So they claim it's the Arabs fault for not wanting to give up "1% of their land", which is absolutely ridiculous. It's like claiming Canada would be wrong for not wanting 1% of it's land and the population thereof occupied by the people of Okinawa, then conplaining bitterly when those Canadians being starved,

[Lahmekful]

Just one question....these people that claim to be jewish, i wish that was the case! there not jewish, there not christian nor muslim, these are zionist, matter of fact, its written in the torah, jewish holy book, specific instructions for jews to not enter palestine..so like,,wats up? on land there illegally occupying, and with god, doin the opposite...i mean..he only said palestine out of the wholllleeee world.....and still u wanna b hard headed about it lol, i give up

[blue222blue]

@SCLRDO

So you reject the results of WWI. Palestine was under British rule after that war because the Ottoman empire signed treaties to that effect.

I'm sure, then, you must support dissolving the modern nation of Poland and returning rule to pre-WWI rulers Russia and Germany.

Or is it only Arabs or Muslims who get a re-do on any war they lose? But not on any war they win?

[SCLRDO]

@blue222blue All illegal, All unjust, All crime

[SCLRDO]

@blue222blue mmhm, most to the arabs, some to the Jewish immigrants from Poland and Germany. The jews than wanted more land and formed terrorist groups, e.g, Urgun and Stern, committed bombings such as the King David hotel bombing and further acts on palestinian civilians. Jewish militants and settlers then expanded their territory, they were just pushed off their land and driven to the desert, and Jewish-American influence was used to found the false State of Israel.

[blue222blue]

@briantotse3

The Ottoman empire lost control of Palestine to the British when it lost WWI. The British divided the land, most to Arabs, some to Jews. Later the UN created Israel from that division.

All legal. All just. No crime.

There were a few thousand Arab refugees in Palestine in the wake of WWI, as there were millions of other refugees all over Europe. But there was never in history a nation of Palestine, and those refugees were not pushed off of 'their" land.

[Goordull]

What do you mean by this "EVEN"??? CNN not better then Al jazira, both of them Pollywood.