Iain Hook | |
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 The identity card of UNRWA's Jenin project manager, Iain John Hook. | |
| Born | Iain John Hook 1948 |
| Died | 22 November 2002 (aged 54) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Project Manager |
| Years active | ????–2002 |
| Employer | UNRWA |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Children | 4 |
Iain John Hook (1948 – 22 November 2002) was a British aid worker and military officer who worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as project manager in the rebuilding of Jenin Refugee Camp in West Bank, which was home to 13,000 Palestinian refugees. After Hook left a voice message with Israeli authorities that Palestinian militants ("shabab"-youth) had "knocked a hole in the wall" and "pinned down" his men, during an engagement in Jenin, he was shot and killed by an Israel Defense Forces sniper. Israeli Army radio said that the sniper who killed him mistook his cell phone for a handgun or grenade. A United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israel was vetoed by the United States. In 2005, a British inquest jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing.