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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Deif’s residence said to be close to UNRWA facility
The house where Hamas military leader Muhammad Deif was hiding out was adjacent to an UNRWA facility in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City, Channel 10 reports.
The residence was owned by the al-Dalo family, and is described by the TV station as a Hamas stronghold. The al-Dalo’s son Jamal Muhammed Yassin oversees Hamas’s rocket launches, while another son, Noor runs the terror group’s Al-Aqsa radio station.
“Close to the building, at the time of the airstrike, there is a parking lot and in it, UN SUVs, and it’s possible that the apartment was chosen due to its proximity to the UNRWA assistance facility,” Channel 10 reports.