The American newspaper “Washington Post” revealed, in a recent investigative report, that the explosion that occurred at the United Nations headquarters in the Gaza Strip on March 19, and claimed the life of a European relief worker and wounded 5 international employees, most likely caused by two Israeli army tank shells.
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According to the newspaper, the investigation was based on analyzing exclusive photos and videos obtained from the accident site, conducted by 3 experts specializing in military ammunition from the United States and Britain.
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Experts concluded that the damage to the building, in addition to the fragments of the ammunition that appeared in the pictures, match the M339 shells, which are very explosive and multi -purpose shells fired from the Israeli Mercava tanks.
On the morning of last March, the employees of the United Nations Office for Project Services arrived at the Hospitality House in central Gaza to inspect damage that occurred last night as a result of Israeli bombing while the building was empty.
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While sitting in the courtyard of the building, a shell exploded in the air to lead the Bulgarian worker Marine Marinov, 51, and 5 other employees were seriously injured, including a British citizen.
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Less than two minutes later, a second shell fell and a wall was broken on the second floor of the building and exploded inside, which increased the size of the damage and victims.
Video footage from the scene – published by the Associated Press – showed one of the victims stretched on the ground amid a pool of blood, while the surrounding infrastructure was significantly damaged, including the fall of an electric column and the destruction of trees in the vicinity of the drug.
Likewise, satellite photos taken on March 18, that is, the day before the bombing, revealed the presence of a Merkava tank and 3 Israeli armored vehicles, less than 3 kilometers from the target site.
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Avihai Stolar, an arms researcher with the Israeli “Fracture of Silence”, said that the use of “M339” shells often indicates an intention to target people inside the buildings, due to their ability to penetrate the walls and explosion inside the closed places.
He added that the hospitality house was one of the safest sites in Gaza and was used regularly to accommodate senior United Nations officials, noting that it is not likely that the shells were mistakenly fired.
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In turn, the Israeli army denied targeting the United Nations facility, and called on the media to “be careful about unreasonable reports,” but it did not answer questions related to the incident.
On the other hand, United Nations officials said they had repeatedly informed the Israeli army at the Dar Al -Diafa site, and reaffirmed it as a protected site just hours before the attack.
“Israel was fully known to the international facility, and yet it was bombed,” United Nations spokesman Stephen Dujarric told reporters in Geneva.
He added: “We need to achieve and hold those who made the decision, whether the attack is intentional or a result of a mistake … there must be accountability.”
The United Nations and other relief organizations are facing unprecedented difficulties in working inside Gaza, as the attacks on humanitarian workers have become more common, as United Nations data indicates the killing of more than 280 of its employees in the Strip since the outbreak of the extermination war on October 7, 2023.
Israel often receives the coordinates of the sites of headquarters and humanitarian offices to avoid targeting them, but this did not prevent targeting them in several previous incidents, according to UN officials, and the recent attack led to a third of the international force operating in Gaza temporarily, due to the inability to ensure the safety of the crews.
