A clerical error led the UN to falsely accuse Israel of shelling one of its Gaza schools in the Jabalya refugee camp during Operation Cast Lead, the international organization admitted this week.
...At the time UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the IDF attack "outrageous" and demanded an investigation.
But on Tuesday, the UN's Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) slipped a "clarification" notice on the head of its weekly field report from Gaza.
It noted that its January 6 field report had stated that an IDF shell hit outside the school, causing fatalities. Its January 7 field report, however, stated that the shell hit the school.
"The humanitarian coordinator would like to clarify that the shelling, and all of the fatalities, took place outside rather than inside the school," the original field report stated.
...When quizzed by The Jerusalem Post with respect to statements regarding the incidents made by OCHA and UNRWA in the past month attacking Israel for the incident, both organizations denied that they had ever verbally accused Israel of hitting the school.
UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness said that what had outraged the UN was the false allegations that Hamas gunmen had been inside the school.
UNRWA denied that allegation, he said. He added that the Post and other media outlets had misquoted him when they printed comments he made in the aftermath of the attack that appeared to indicate the school had been hit.
So, in the end, it's our fault.
Typical.
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