Hamas Rebuilt Terrorist Base in Gaza’s UNRWA HQ – So IDF Destroyed It
UNRWA chief Lazzarini accuses Israel of “flattening” the terrorist-ridden headquarters.
Hamas rebuilt a terrorist base in the Gaza-based headquarters of the United Nations Palestinian Aid Agency (UNRWA) months after the Israeli military uncovered and destroyed a terror command center beneath the UN building.
“IDF forces operating in a compound used as the headquarters of UNRWA in Gaza found Hamas had rebuilt its military capabilities in the six months since troops withdrew from the area,” the Israeli news website YNET reported Monday.
The buildings of the UNRWA headquarters, designated as shelter for civilians, had been turned into a fortified base that was being used for the assembly of drones and as a weapons depot.
“During the activity, the troops engaged in close-quarters combat with terrorist cells that had fortified themselves inside the UNRWA compound and located parts for assembling a UAV, war rooms used for surveillance operations and large quantities of weapons, including tactical drones, rockets, machine guns, mortars, explosives and grenades,” the Israel Defense Forces revealed in a press release last week.
The Israeli troops also discovered terror tunnels running below the UNRWA headquarters. “Next to the terror compound raided by the troops, the IDF previously exposed and operated against an underground tunnel route and significant asset of Hamas’ military intelligence that passed under the building that served as UNRWA’s Headquarters in the Gaza Strip,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement added.
The YNET reported the latest find:
IDF forces operating in a compound used as the headquarters of UNRWA in Gaza, found Hamas had rebuilt its military capabilities in the six months since troops withdrew from the area. In the compound that was housing displaced civilians, the soldiers found workshops for the production of UAVs and other weapons, as well as rockets and explosives. Military commando units operated in the compound for the past week Over the past week.
Situated between the Al-Sabra neighborhood and Tel al-Hawa in the northern part of the strip, the complex included a terrorist recruitment office and food warehouses. These warehouses, meant for humanitarian aid, were found storing rockets and explosive devices. Hamas-controlled food distribution lines were handing out vouchers to thousands of displaced Gazans daily.
Within the warehouse complex near the university, the fighters discovered large UAVs that Hamas had constructed over recent months. The area showed clear signs of military recovery. Hamas had placed military-grade explosive devices, built observation posts and a forward command post (FCP) for managing the complex.
The revelations again highlight the deep collusion between Gaza-based terrorist groups and the disgraced UN agency. Last week, Israel’s foreign ministry released the names of more than 100 UNRWA employees who double as Palestinian terrorists. Many on UNRWA’s payroll carried out heinous atrocities on October 7.
After Israeli troops disrupted the terrorist operation, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini had the temerity to accuse the IDF of turning his headquarters “into a battlefield” and “flattening” it. As the Israeli military noted, the destruction was caused by “close-quarters combat with terrorist cells that had fortified themselves inside the UNRWA compound.”
Where was your "shock" when Hamas was filling @UNRWA's headquarters with weapons and turning it into a military compound? https://t.co/Z7W2FN4Nsq pic.twitter.com/MAPLSQNS3O
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) July 15, 2024
In 2018, President Donald Trump’s administration stopped the U.S. funding for the terror-infested UN agency, calling it an “irredeemably flawed operation.” After taking office, President Joe Biden resorted to the funding, giving UNRWA between $300 and $400 million annually since 2021.
UNRWA received $1.47 billion in funding last year.
The UN’s entire budget last year was $3.4 billion.
How has UNRWA failed to improve conditions when they have nearly half of the UN's yearly budget to themselves? Where is that money actually going?
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) July 15, 2024
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and then fjb sent the pier crew to fix it
If Trump is elected, UNWRA is done.
The Palestinian Authority had their funding from the US cut to zero while they supported terrorist attacks against Israel. With that funding cut terrorist attacks against Jews also was cut!
Hopefully when Trump gets re-elected and actual adults come back in to positions of responsibility their funding and that of the UN will be cut again!
hopefully
Really don’t know when Israeli officials are going to realize that the only way to eliminate Hamas is going to be having to go scorched earth on Gaza. That’s the only way to prevent them from rebuilding their infrastructure after the IDF leaves an area. Scorched Earth. Leave nothing behind to allow Hamas any opportunity to rebuild.
The Israeli officials realize it. They just know they can’t do it until Trump is in office.
The only way to eliminate Hamas is to eliminate Hamas.
Every last one, “leader”, “fighter” and supporter.
The only way to eliminate Hamas is to eliminate UNRWA
Maybe the UNRWA should just move into the ratholes with the rest of the terrorists.
You have to assume that it was Blinken who had the final ultimate approval on refunding UNHRC. And other groups who seek the destruction of America.
So — my question is why why why why week after week after month after month can Blinken continue to persist blind to the error.
Normal people recognize when they’ve erred. Tony it’s ok we all make mistakes, but only deranged pathological narcissists fail to evvverrrr acknowledge when they’ve made a mistake.
Why doesn’t anyone ever ask Blinken or Biden why they keep sending these folks our $$$.
It’s madness.
Error? Madness? What makes you think the outcome is different from what Blinken wanted?
It’s super-important to get President Trump back in office and supporting Israel 100%, in this war. Watch how fast the UN’s terrorist-supporting shenanigans will end, once Trump returns.
and I praise Israel for flattening it.
95% of the people in Gaza are terrorists, including their children.
That fact is the hardest to wrap my head around. Even the children…..
There must be a special place in hell for the monsters who raised generations of children as terrorists and void of all humanity.
welcome to Militant Islam
read Inferno, Canto XXVIII
Now do UN headquarters
x2
The United Nations has outlived it’s usefulness – if it ever had any. Time to disband the entire corrupt operation.
“The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It’s a dump.” – Harry Canyon, Heavy Metal
I say again: IDF needs to go full Carthage 146 BC on Gaza, minus of course selling the survivors into slavery.
Any building provably used by Hamas or other terrorists, especially if it has a tunnel entrance? By their actions, they have made it a legitimate military target. Flatten it. Leave nothing but a crater. I don’t care if it is a school, mosque, hospital, apartment block, or doghouse.
Will the people of Gaza suffer as a result? Of course, that’s what happens when you start a war. As they overwhelmingly support Hamas and participated in the 10/7 massacre, they are getting what they asked for.
“…the troops engaged in close-quarters combat with terrorist cells that had fortified themselves inside the UNRWA compound and located parts for assembling a UAV, war rooms used for surveillance operations and large quantities of weapons, including tactical drones, rockets, machine guns, mortars, explosives and grenades,”
How does anyone expect the UN people to operate in support of the Gaza authorities without the required standard supplies?
This is a reminder, that even though you kill every rat you see, and destroy
every nest you find, it’s still going to take years to destroy them completely.
I say that to say this:
Sadly, Israel should realistically expect to spent 10 years in Gaza.