WASHINGTON, Shawwal 7, 1435, Aug 3, 2014, SPA -- The United States declared Sunday it is "appalled" by the "disgraceful" shelling by Israel of a United Nations school sheltering some 3,000 displaced people in southern Gaza, according to AP. In language that was rare in its directness and severity, the U.S. denounced the attack that killed 10 people earlier in the day, noting that the school had been designated a protected location. "The coordinates of the school, like all UN facilities in Gaza, have been repeatedly communicated to the Israel Defense Forces," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in the statement. "We once again stress that Israel must do more to meet its own standards and avoid civilian casualties." The U.S. condemnation follows one by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who depicted the shelling near the Rafah school as both "a moral outrage and a criminal act." -- SPA 23:10 LOCAL TIME 20:10 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w