In this recording obtained by AM, the British UN worker Iain Hook can be heard leaving a message for his Israeli Army liaison, Peter Lerner.
IAIN HOOK: Hi Peter, it's Iain here. I'm just making a progress report really, basically we're pinned down in the compound, the Shebab have knocked hole in the wall, which I'm not happy about at all, I'm trying to keep them out. I will just keep my people pinned down in the corner until I hear from you. Okay, over.
MARK WILLACY: The United Nations says the Shebab, or Palestinian youths, never made it into the compound. Nevertheless, a short time later Iain Hook was shot in the abdomen by an Israeli soldier. He died at the scene.
Israeli Government Spokesman, David Walzer, says armed Palestinians were firing at soldiers from within the UN compound.
DAVID WALZER: The information we have indicates that indeed shots were fired at the soldiers from within the compound.
PETER HANSEN: No, I think these accusations are coming a bit too frequent and a bit too fast.
MARK WILLACY: The head of UNRWA, Peter Hansen, says while it's premature to apportion blame for Iain Hook's death, in other cases Israel is in clear breach of international humanitarian law.
[sounds of gunfire, explosions, shouting]
A regular nightly incursion into Gaza by the Israeli Army meets the usual armed resistance. In this battle Ahlam Kandil and Osama Tahrawi were killed.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency says both worked as teachers at nearby UNRWA schools and were in their homes when they died.
Israeli Government Spokesman, David Walzer says both were terrorists and were shooting at soldiers.
DAVID WALZER: Those two were Hamas activists and participated in a battle with IDF forces entering the Bureij refugee camp.
MARK WILLACY: UNRWA Chief Peter Hansen dismisses that as plain rubbish, and he responds by accusing the Israeli Army of breaching its international obligations.
