Israel Matzav

As UNRWA spokesman Gunness cries on al-Jazeera, UNRWA's former director Ging admits Hamas using civilians as human shields

There were two hugely important interviews on Wednesday night involving an official and a former official of UNRWA - the United Nations Rocket Warehousing Agency.

The first interview was on al-Jazeera and it was with Chris Gunness, UNRWA's spokesman in Gaza, who broke down crying while discussing the humanitarian situation and the deaths of children in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge.

Let's go to the videotape.



Shades of Fouad Siniora.

In the meantime, another UN official, John Ging, the former director of UNRWA, and now the director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations told Radio Canada that yes, Hamas shoots rockets into Israel from residential areas and from near UNRWA facilities.

Let's go to the videotape.



Professor Jacobson has more on Ging and the significance of his statement here.

Labels: civilian casualties, Gaza, Hamas rockets, human shields, UNRWA

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:23 PM