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IDF says it destroyed Hamas tunnel next to UNRWA school in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian 8 November 2023, 7:31 pm Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) agency talk together in the playground of an UNRWA-run school that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. (Mahmud HAMS/AFP)
Workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) agency talk together in the playground of an UNRWA-run school that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. (Mahmud HAMS/AFP)

The Israel Defense Forces says it located and destroyed a Hamas tunnel adjacent to a UNRWA school in the northern Gaza Strip.

It says troops of the 551st Brigade and the elite Yahalom combat engineering found the tunnel entrance in the Beit Hanoun area, and later demolished it.

For years Israel has accused Hamas of using UNRWA school grounds for terror activity, including tunnels.

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