France president condemns Israel for attack on UN refugee camp in Palestine

France president condemns Israel for attack on UN refugee camp in Palestine

By Julie Deisher on Jul 31, 2014 01:03 pm
[JURIST] French President Francois Hollande [official website, in French] on Thursday condemned [press release, in French] the Israeli shelling of a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing six Palestinians. The attack came shortly after Israel declared a four-hour "humanitarian ceasefire" [France24 report] to allow Palestinians to evacuate their dead and wounded. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) [official website] described the attack [official statement] as "an affront to all of...   +read more