among the dead is a Canadian
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Rescue workers were trying to clear the rubble but Israeli firing "continued even during the rescue operation," Mr. Struger said.
As reports of the attack emerged, Mr. Annan rushed out of a hotel in Rome following a dinner with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora.
"I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defence Forces of a UN observer post in southern Lebanon," Mr. Annan said in a statement later.
Mr. Annan said in his statement the post had been there for a long time and was marked clearly and was hit, despite assurances from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would not be attacked.
"I call on the government of Israel to conduct a full investigation into this very disturbing incident and demand that any further attack on UN positions and personnel must stop," Mr. Annan said in the statement.
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