UN urges Israel, Hamas to avoid violence on Gaza anniversary

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Fri, 2019-03-29 09:23

JERUSALEM: A UN official has urged Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers to avoid a violent escalation on the eve of the first anniversary of the start of the weekly “Great March of Return” protests.

Jamie McGoldrick, the UN humanitarian official for the Palestinian territories, issued a statement on Friday outlining the “staggering” human costs a year of demonstrations has inflicted, AP reported.