UN chief slams 'outrageous' bombing of UN school in Gaza

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BEIRUT (AFP) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned as "outrageous" the deadly bombing by the Israeli military of a UN-run school in the Gaza Strip, the third since it launched its war on Hamas three weeks ago.

A visibly angry Ban, speaking to reporters in Beirut, demanded a "full investigation into these incidents and the punishment of those responsible for these appalling acts."

The UN chief was speaking hours after a school run by UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya was set ablaze by Israeli bombs.

Two children were killed and another dozen people wounded in the attack, in which burning embers rained down on a school where some 1,600 people were sheltering, medics said.

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