{"id":15406,"date":"2024-02-12T00:46:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T00:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/hamas-had-command-tunnel-underneath-unrwas-headquarters-in-gaza-israel-says\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T00:46:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T00:46:27","slug":"hamas-had-command-tunnel-underneath-unrwas-headquarters-in-gaza-israel-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/12\/hamas-had-command-tunnel-underneath-unrwas-headquarters-in-gaza-israel-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas had command tunnel underneath UNRWA\u2019s headquarters in Gaza, Israel says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Israeli military revealed a network of tunnels underneath Gaza City that they said extended below the United Nations\u2019 headquarters in the region on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The IDF escorted foreign reporters through the tunnels, entering through a shaft that pierced the surface next to a school. Israel argues that the tunnels are even more evidence that the U.N.\u2019s mission in Gaza was compromised by Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Everything is conducted from here. All the energy for the tunnels, which you walked through them, are powered from here,\u2019 an Israeli officer told reporters during the tour.\u2019This is one of the central commands of the intelligence. This place is one of the Hamas intelligence units, where they commanded most of the combat.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA denied knowledge of the tunnels and said it vacated the headquarters on the surface as early as Oct. 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018UNRWA does not have the military and security expertise nor the capacity to undertake military inspections of what is or might be under its premises,\u2019 the organization said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In the past, whenever a suspicious cavity was found close to or under UNRWA premises, protest letters were promptly filed to parties to the conflict, including both the de facto authorities in Gaza and the Israeli authorities,\u2019 the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri argued that Israel\u2019s claims of a connection between the UNRWA and the tunnels were \u2018lies.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>News of the tunnels comes amid Israeli allegations that hundreds of UNRWA employees expressed support for or were complicit in Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Several Western nations have paused funding for UNRWA, which overseas aid for Gazans, amid the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called UNRWA \u2018Hamas with a facelift\u2019 this weekend. He argued on Saturday that it was time for the world to \u2018dismantle UNRWA\u2019 and create an alternative\u00a0mechanism for providing aid to civilians in\u00a0the war-stricken Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think the world needs to wake up and address this issue in a different way, while also addressing Gaza\u2019s needs,\u2019 Gallant told Fox News Digital. \u2018UNRWA is a group of terrorists who receive salaries from many countries \u2013 these countries gave money to people who raped, murdered and took people into captivity.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 Ruth Marks Eglash and Reuters contributed to this report<\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli military revealed a network of tunnels underneath Gaza City that they said extended below the United Nations\u2019 headquarters in the region on Sunday. The IDF escorted foreign reporters through the tunnels, entering through a shaft that pierced the surface next to a school. 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