WHITE PHOSPHOROUS 5 days after still smoldering in the UN compound

Five days after the UN Relief and Works Agency's field office in Gaza City was set ablaze by a barrage of white phosphorous shells in the morning of the 15 January, phosphorous fire was still smoldering in the compound today (20 January), as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to see the destruction for himself.

Speaking to reporters outside the UNRWA compound, Ban condemned the attack on UNRWA in the strongest possible terms.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon:
"It's particularly significant for me as Secretary General of the United Nations to stand in front of this bombed site of a United Nations compound. I'm just appalled, I'm not able to describe how I feel, having seen this site of the bombing of the United Nations compound. Everyone is smelling, this is still burning. This is an outrageous and totally unacceptable attack against the United Nations."

UNRWA's two main warehouses, as well as the workshop serving its fleet of cars and trucks in Gaza, were destroyed in the fire.

A major explosion was close, as the flames at one stage was only 30 meters from five fuel tankers parked close to the fires.

Thousands of tons of food and medicine, intended for distribution among the more than 800 000 Palestine refugees dependent on UNRWA, were destroyed.

Used cartridges of the white phosphorous shells were found in among the destroyed buildings.

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[crowhawk]

BARCODE 729.

Israeli actions against the people of Gaza are a crime against humanity. British & US governments have failed to institute sanctions against israel. We should facilitate private independant sanctions by Boycotting & ensuring the removal of Israeli produce from the shelves of our high street shops.

Hitting Zionist Israel in the pocket. Goods originating from Israel have a Barcode beginning with 729.

[kelseywall]

Israel needs a taste of its own medicine.

[Antekdzi1]

Stop using Cellphones, and Intel Computers. Also you can stop using the internet protection too like firewalls.

[Antekdzi1]

Americans used white phosphorus as well so do a lot of armies. I don't see the wrong if Hamas uses rockets to target civilians and not the Israeli military. An eye for an Eye is what seems to be going on here, except Israel's blade is much larger.

[Hyperlinex]

@ZZ009966 ur just a jew urself, now go stick ur cock up a idf merkava tank barrel

[frednoname1]

Still smoking after 5 days? i call bullshit. WP doesn't burn that long.

[jh4dc5s]

fuck israel

[elocwood1]

W.P. is the shit!!!

IT SUCKS BUT YOU HAVE TO APRECIATE IT

[803brando]

this is not the first time isreal attacked neutral entities. USS liberty June 8, 1967. Isreal killed 34 US navy crewman and wounded 171 others.

[kooger06]

@ZZ009966 Thats the biggest bull shit ever. Their was no sign of Hamas in the warehouse. If their were rockets there would of been explosion which their wasn't STOP trying to lie to the world. Even if there was Hamas its still illegal by International law to attack.

[mynameisbobtoo]

@wdgann111 no your breath will still be foul even if you nuke it...it's not what you've been eating...it's the fetid stench of your shit filled brain that is causing the putrid air to spew out of your maul every time you unhinge your shit covered upper lip and try to speak to people that is causing the stench...

[ZZ009966]

What is outrageous is that the U.N is allowing its ressources and warehouses to be used by terrorists !

Ban Ki-moon should get a clue, it's Hamas who attacked the U.N by hijacking this site for terrorist use... but the U.N already let vicious anti-Jewish stuff to be taught to kids at the UNRWA schools it runs in the area, so maybe they just invited them in :)