{"id":214080,"date":"2002-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=214080"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:43:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:43:47","slug":"auto-insert-214080","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-214080\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli air attack on the Gaza Strip &#8211; SecGen statement &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>DEPLORING ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN GAZA, SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>CONCERN OVER &#8216;POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES&#8217; 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