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| Aid chief unhurt in Gaza attack | Aid chief unhurt in Gaza attack |
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| Palestinian gunmen have fired on a vehicle transporting a UN aid official in the northern Gaza Strip. | Palestinian gunmen have fired on a vehicle transporting a UN aid official in the northern Gaza Strip. |
| John Ging, director of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza, was returning from the Erez border crossing with Israel when the attack occurred. | John Ging, director of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza, was returning from the Erez border crossing with Israel when the attack occurred. |
| Mr Ging said gunmen fired multiple shots into the armoured vehicle. They also tried to force the door. | Mr Ging said gunmen fired multiple shots into the armoured vehicle. They also tried to force the door. |
| No-one was injured and he was finally able to drive away. The incident is currently being investigated. | No-one was injured and he was finally able to drive away. The incident is currently being investigated. |
| In recent months, there has been a series of abductions of Western aid workers and journalists in the increasingly lawless Gaza Strip. All were eventually released unharmed. | |
| The UN says this is the first time one of its employees has been shot at in Gaza, says the BBC's Katya Adler in Jerusalem. | |
| 'Shocking development' | |
| Mr Ging said that the gunmen jumped out of a white Subaru and opened fire. | |
| "They tried to force open the car, but our driver extracted himself from that situation" and sped away, he said. | "They tried to force open the car, but our driver extracted himself from that situation" and sped away, he said. |
| "This is a shocking development. We are still considering how to deal with this." | "This is a shocking development. We are still considering how to deal with this." |
| He said the vehicle, which was struck by 11 bullets, was clearly marked with UN insignia. | He said the vehicle, which was struck by 11 bullets, was clearly marked with UN insignia. |
| UNRWA provides relief services to more than 4.3 million registered Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. | |
| Meanwhile, intensive efforts are continuing to find missing BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, who is feared kidnapped. | |
| Palestinian security officials say he was seized by masked gunmen after leaving his office on Monday afternoon. | |
| On Thursday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said that he had told the security forces to do everything possible to locate him. |