The Pakistani teen will donate money from winning the World Children’s Prize to a U.N. agency’s effort to repair schools damaged by this summer’s fighting in Gaza.
An array of Obama administration spokesmen said Israel had to exercise greater caution in avoiding civilian casualties during the current Gaza conflict, citing shelling on a shelter that killed at least 15 people.
The White House condemned the shelling of a United Nations shelter for displaced Gazans that killed at least 15 Palestinians, but avoided ascribing blame for the killing.