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UN finds underground tunnel coming from UNWRA school in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUN officials have discovered an underground tunnel emanating from a school in the Gaza strip run by the international body’s agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, according to the Ynet Hebrew-language news site.
Since the discovery was made some two weeks ago, UNRWA has closed the school and filled in the opening to the tunnel, the report said.
Israel was updated on the incident when it happened, UNRWA said.
“The existence of a tunnel under an UNRWA facility in unacceptable and places the children and staff at huge risk,” the agency said.
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