Tunnels under UN Headquarters and alleged links with Hamas

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Doubts remain about the UN’s relationship with Hamas after Israeli forces discovered a series of hidden underground tunnels beneath the UN agency’s main headquarters.

The revelation of the tunnels marks the latest chapter in Israel’s campaign against the embattled agency. Accused of collaborating with Hamas,

Recent Israeli allegations that a dozen staff members took part in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel have thrown the agency into crisis. Financial CrisisDue to which the main donor countries had to suspend their funding, as well as twinning research.

The army invited journalists to see the tunnel on Thursday. This fact does not prove that Hamas terrorists operated in tunnels under UNWRA facilities, but it does prove that at least Part of the tunnel ran through the basement of the facilities courtyard., The army claimed that the headquarters supplied electricity to the tunnels.

UNWRA claims it had no knowledge of the underground facilitiesBut the findings deserve an “independent investigation”, which the agency cannot do because of the ongoing war.

At least 44 people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

At least 44 Palestinians, including more than a dozen children, were killed in Israeli air strikes in the city on Saturday RefaIn southern Gaza, Israel’s prime minister said he had asked the army to make plans to evacuate thousands of people living there. before ground attack,

Benjamin Netanyahu did not provide details or timetableBut this announcement caused panic and alarm among diplomats.

More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents remain stranded in Rafah, many of them following Israeli evacuation orders that now cover two-thirds of the territory. It is not clear where could they run Since at present their total number is more than 14 lakhs.

Israel claims that Rafahbordering Egypt, It is the last remaining stronghold of the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza.,

Israeli attacks continue to spread

A Israeli drone collides with a car and crashes on Saturday Near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, at least two people were killed and two others were wounded, security officials said.

The attack comes as tensions rise across the Middle East due to the war between Israel and Hamas, after a drone strike last month killed three US soldiers in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, and rebel attacks Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are against ships passing through the Red Sea.

The drone strike near the coastal town of Jadra occurred about 60 kilometers from the Israeli border, making it one of the most affected areas inside Lebanon since the violence erupted.

An Israeli security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in compliance with regulations, said Hamas official Bassel Saleh was the target of the Sidon attack, who was “injured to an unknown degree.” The officer said Saleh was Responsible for recruiting new recruits to Hamas In Gaza and West Bank.