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OPT: UNRWA denies Palestinian militants using UNRWA facilities to operate

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 (KUNA) -- John Ging, the director of operations in Gaza for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Tuesday said Palestinian militants have not violated the sanctity of UN facilities in Gaza.

"The militants have not violated the sanctity of UN facilities and it would be unacceptable for them to do so, Ging told a press conference via video link.

He said the UNRWA school in Jabaliya Camp was being used as a shelter, when three artillery shells landed there. The latest casualty figures, he noted, were for some 30 deaths, as well as 55 injured.

In addition, he added, there was an earlier missile strike on a school in Gaza City, where three men were killed.

Also in Bureij camp, a house was targeted earlier in the day near a UN health centre, and 10 people in the health centre were injured in collateral damage.

Ging said the UN has provided GPS coordinates to Israel about all UN locations, including schools, and have updated them recently. (end) sj.bs KUNA 062149 Jan 09NNNN

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