GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, Sept 8, SPA -- A 10-year-old Palestiniangirl was shot in the head and critically wounded by Israeliarmy gunfire while sitting in the classroom of a UnitedNations school in the central Gaza Strip, U.N. officialssaid Wednesday. Raghda Adnan al-Assar was seated at her desk duringmorning classes Tuesday when she was shot, according to astatement from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.Al-Assar was a student at an UNRWA school in the KhanYounis refugee camp. Hospital officials said al-Assar remained in criticalcondition after major surgery. UNRWA said it was the third time a child sitting in a U.N.classroom has been hit by random Israeli army fire. On June 1, two 10-year-old boys were hit by army fire atan UNRWA school in the southern town of Rafah. In March2003, 12-year-old Khan Younis resident Hoda Darwish wasshot in the head by Israeli army fire, leaving her blind,the statement said. UNRWA Commissioner-General Peter Hansen condemned theshooting and said his agency will file a complaint with theIsraeli army. "The kind of live firing into refugee camps that is soindiscriminate that it makes classrooms dangerous for10-year-old children is totally unacceptable," Hansensaid. UNRWA provides education and other humanitarian servicesto Palestinian refugees throughout the Middle East.--SPA1438 Local Time 1138 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/199374
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