Israeli soldiers operate next to the UNRWA headquarters, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024.
Israeli military alleges Hamas made use of tunnels under UN agency's main office in Gaza City | CBC News LoadedThe Israeli military says it has discovered tunnels underneath the main headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City, alleging that Hamas militants used the space as an electrical supply room.
Recent Israeli allegations that a dozen staff members participated in the Hamas attack on Israel Oct. 7 plunged the agency into a financial crisis, prompting formal investigation and some donor states to suspend their funding. The agency says that Israel has also frozen its bank account, embargoed aid shipments and cancelled its tax benefits.
Inside one of the UNRWA buildings, journalists saw a room full of computers with wires stretching down into the ground. Soldiers then showed them a room in the underground tunnel where they claimed the wires connected. Israeli tanks are seen parked next to the UNRWA compound in Gaza City on Thursday. The image above was taken under supervision by the Israeli military.
Also in the tunnel, journalists saw a small bathroom with a toilet and a faucet, a room with shelves and a room with two small vehicles in it that soldiers said the militants used to traverse the tunnel network.The military said Saturday night that the tunnel began at a UNRWA school, and was 700 metres long and 18 metres deep. The military said forces uncovered rifles, ammunition, grenades and explosives in the facility, claiming it has been used by Hamas militants.
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