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What happened at Jabaliya?

Updated on 07 January 2009

By Alex Thomson

The Israeli attack on the UN school in Jabaliya, which killed 30 people, has provoked strong reaction.

It is the deadliest single incident since Israel launched its assault on Gaza: dozens of civilians killed at a UN school where they were sheltering as Israeli missiles exploded outside.

Israel insisted it was trying to avoid civilian casualties, accusing Hamas of firing rockets from the building. Hamas, however, denied to this programme that their fighters were ever in the building.

Alex Thomson speaks to all sides to get their account of what happened.

Israel and UN interview: Gunness and Leibovitch



Alex Thomson interviews Christopher Gunness from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and also the Israel Defence Forces spokeswoman, Major Avital Leibovitch, to debate how the attack occurred.

Hamas interview: Ghazi Hamad

Alex Thomson spoke on the phone to Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad in Gaza, who denied their forces ever based themselves in schools.

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