
The convoy, on its way to help with a campaign to vaccinate thousands of Palestinian children against polio, was stopped at a checkpoint connecting central and northern Gaza, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Sept 10, because Israeli soldiers wanted to question two Palestinian staff.
The situation escalated quickly, he said, and soldiers pointed their weapons directly at the UN staff in the convoy.
As the polio vaccination campaign began in northern Gaza on Sept 10, Mr Dujarric said the Sept 9 incident was the latest example of "the unacceptable dangers and impediments that humanitarian personnel in Gaza are experiencing".
He said the UN convoy had been quickly "encircled by Israeli forces, and shots were fired".












Comment: The evidence of tyranny is all around us...should we care to educate ourselves to look.