Hamas had command tunnel under UN Gaza headquarters, Israeli military says

According to the IDF, Israeli soldiers have found a network of tunnels hundreds of metres (yards) long that runs partially beneath UNRWA’s Gaza headquarters. They describe this discovery as further proof of Hamas’s abuse of the primary Palestinian assistance organisation.

During a crisis for UNRWA—which has initiated an internal investigation and seen a number of donor nations suspend financing amid charges last month by Israel that some of its personnel acted as Hamas operatives—army engineers walked reporters from foreign news outlets through the tunnels.

Israel has been accused by the Palestinians of fabricating data in order to damage UNRWA, which has 13,000 employees in the Gaza Strip and has long served as a lifeline for the community that depends on handouts. The organisation describes its operations as strictly humanitarian and manages assistance distribution, primary healthcare clinics, schools, and other social services.