UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES HAMAS ATTACK INSIDE ISRAEL,
DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIAN HOUSES IN GAZA
BY ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
UNRWA HQ, Gaza – The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General very much regrets that, after a period during which the security situation had begun to stabilize, there was a new attack on 9 January by Hamas inside Israel.
The Secretary-General calls on the parties not to be deterred by this act of violence, which he deplores, from continuing efforts to resume security cooperation and implement the Tenet Plan and Mitchell recommendations.
At the same time, the Secretary-General deplores the most recent action by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip where dozens of Palestinian houses, as well the air strip, have been destroyed. Such collective punishment is in violation of the Geneva Conventions.
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Document symbol: HQ/G/1/2002
Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Casualties, Incidents, Palestine question
Publication Date: 14/01/2002
Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Casualties, Incidents, Palestine question
Publication Date: 14/01/2002