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Hamas Shows a Pattern of Using UN Facilities


(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - The recent discovery that Hamas was using the headquarters of UNRWA in Gaza to recruit new members and to store rockets, explosives, and drones illustrates how the use of UN facilities is a key strategy of Hamas. The terrorist group has often been located in UN schools as well. It is reasonable to conclude that Hamas views UN facilities as part of its command and control of Gaza, using them openly and systematically. The fact that the UN and UNRWA, in particular, have not condemned Hamas for this must raise questions about what the UN organizations know about the use of their facilities. There is no other armed group in the world that has systematically used UN facilities the way Hamas has done in Gaza. Hamas also uses hospitals in the same manner.
2024-07-18 00:00:00
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