July 31, 2014

Watch: UN Agency Spokesman Breaks Down In Tears While Talking About Gaza School Bombing

Women mourn after an attack on a UN-run school in Gaza July 24.Kish Kim/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP)

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United Nations Relief Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness has been talking to media outlets around the world about the situation in Gaza, “advocating passionately,” as he puts it, “for Palestine refugees to enjoy all their rights to the full, including the right to a just and durable solution.” Gunness’ agency runs schools in Gaza that are being used as shelters by Palestinian families and have been attacked six times in the current conflict (the Israeli military says it has found rockets in the schools on occasion). On Wednesday he was talking to an Al Jazeera interviewer about the most recent school bombing, which reportedly left 15 dead. “The rights of Palestinians, even their children, are wholesale denied, and it’s appalling,” he said before breaking into tears. Watch:

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