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Hamas bars UN team from inspecting tunnel under UNRWA school in Gaza

Upon learning of the presence of a UN bomb-disposal unit at the school, Hamas police arrived at the scene and forced them to leave.

by  JNS and ILH Staff
Published on  08-12-2021 07:55
Last modified: 08-12-2021 09:15
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The tunnel found underneath the Gaza City school in June | Photo: Twitter

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Hamas prevented a team of UN inspectors from examining a tunnel discovered in June under a school in Gaza City's Zaitoun neighborhood, Israel's Kan news reported on Tuesday.

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Citing Palestinian sources, the report stated that a UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) bomb-disposal unit had arrived at the site a few days ago – some two months after the initial discovery – at the request of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which runs the school.

Upon learning of the presence of UNMAS inspectors, Hamas police arrived at the scene and forced them to leave.

As a result, the UNMAS team canceled plans to inspect another UNRWA-run school – this one in Rafah, under which there is reportedly also a Hamas tunnel, according to the report.

In the absence of safety inspections, the schools will not be able to open next week as scheduled.

Hamas won't let UN inspect UNRWA school because it doesn't want the world to know it stores rockets & weapons beneath Palestinian children while firing at Israeli children– a double war crime! Read my letter to @UN Sec-Gen & head of @UNRWA below. pic.twitter.com/UUY5NqUs4J

— Ambassador Gilad Erdan גלעד ארדן (@giladerdan1) August 11, 2021

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In response, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan tweeted: "I've demanded that the UN Secretary-General & Director General of @UNRWA investigate this incident & all UNRWA facilities in Gaza to ensure that they are not being used by Hamas for terror. 4,000 Palestinian kids can't go to school because of Hamas! The international community cannot ignore Hamas's heinous human rights violations & the state of terror it inflicts on Gazans. Hamas is a terror organization that uses innocents & children as hostages & human shields."

Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.

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