Terror Tunnels Discovered Under Two U.N. Schools in Gaza

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz : Jun 12, 2017
Breaking Israel News

"It is clear as day that the Arab world in its entirety now understands that the terrorist organization Hamas is destroying the Gaza Strip and eliminating any prospects of a better future for Gazans. Perhaps it is time for the residents of Gaza to understand it themselves." -Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai

(Israel)—[Breaking Israel News] The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced on Friday that on June 1, its workers discovered two Hamas terror tunnels underneath schools the organization runs in Gaza. The schools are located in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip near the city of Deir al-Balah. (Photo: Wissam Nassar/FLASH90/via BIN)

“It is unacceptable that students and staff are placed at risk in such a way," the UN organization said in a statement. “The construction and presence of tunnels under UN premises are incompatible with the respect of privileges and immunities owed to the United Nations under applicable international law, which provides that UN premises shall be inviolable. The sanctity and neutrality of UN premises must be preserved at all times."

Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, Israel's Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), condemned Hamas on his office's Arabic language Facebook page.

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