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The bonds between UNRWA and Hamas are as broad as they are deep. UNRWA employs more than 13,000 Gazans, many of whom are active Hamas members and holders of senior positions in the internationally sanctioned terrorist organization. Hamas has absolute control of UNRWA schools, which constitute the majority of educational institutions in Gaza. The curriculum taught in these schools is openly pro-terrorist and pro-genocide, which should come as no surprise given the horrific Oct. 7 massacre committed by Hamas and UNRWA-educated Gazans.
The bonds between UNRWA and Hamas are as broad as they are deep. UNRWA employs more than 13,000 Gazans, many of whom are active Hamas members and holders of senior positions in the internationally sanctioned terrorist organization. Hamas has absolute control of UNRWA schools, which constitute the majority of educational institutions in Gaza. The curriculum taught in these schools is openly pro-terrorist and pro-genocide, which should come as no surprise given the horrific Oct. 7 massacre committed by Hamas and UNRWA-educated Gazans.
Indeed, UNRWA itself often acts very much like a terrorist organization. It owns and operates extensive property assets in Gaza—such as offices, storage facilities, clinics and other medical centers—that serve as access points to the attack tunnels built by Hamas, storehouses for ammunition and rocket launch pads. These UNRWA installations also enable Hamas to use the civilian population of Gaza as human shields. UNRWA ambulances have been repeatedly caught red-handed transporting terrorists and weapons, and have been actively involved in attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians. Clearly, UNRWA and Hamas are inextricably intertwined.
Indeed, UNRWA itself often acts very much like a terrorist organization. It owns and operates extensive property assets in Gaza—such as offices, storage facilities, clinics and other medical centers—that serve as access points to the attack tunnels built by Hamas, storehouses for ammunition and rocket launch pads. These UNRWA installations also enable Hamas to use the civilian population of Gaza as human shields. UNRWA ambulances have been repeatedly caught red-handed transporting terrorists and weapons, and have been actively involved in attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians. Clearly, UNRWA and Hamas are inextricably intertwined.<ref> N. L. Kahn, [https://www.jns.org/hamas-and-unrwa-are-one-and-the-same/ Hamas and UNRWA are one and the same], ''JNS'', Nov 21, 2023</ref>}}
<ref> N. L. Kahn, [https://www.jns.org/hamas-and-unrwa-are-one-and-the-same/ Hamas and UNRWA are one and the same], ''JNS'', Nov 21, 2023</ref>}}
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The U.S. State Department allocated more than $220 million for UNRWA in June despite its schools’ curriculum glorifying violence and terrorism, as well as an agreement conditioning funding on the prevention of teaching hate and antisemitism.</small></blockquote></ref>
The U.S. State Department allocated more than $220 million for UNRWA in June despite its schools’ curriculum glorifying violence and terrorism, as well as an agreement conditioning funding on the prevention of teaching hate and antisemitism.</small></blockquote></ref>
As well as kn the West Bank: 'explosive devices in UNRWA kindergarten.'<ref>Staff, [https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-780826 IDF uncovers, destroys explosive devices in UNRWA kindergarten in West Bank], ''Jerusalem Post'', January 4, 2024.
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Israeli security forces located and found and confiscated weapons and hundreds of explosive devices in the West Bank Nur Shams refugee camp inside a building that also housed a kindergarten run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), according to a Thursday IDF statement.
In addition, many weapons and other pieces of military equipment were confiscated and destroyed, besides those found in the kindergarten.
The operation was a joint effort between IDF reservist teams, the Shin Bet, and the Border Police and was the result of a 40-hour-long counter-terrorism operation in which hundreds of buildings were searched and hundreds of suspects were questioned, leading to 11 arrests.
Trapped building, car, and explosives surrounding
Forces searched a booby-trapped building, the lower floor of which housed a UNRWA-run kindergarten. The building also contained an operating system connected to explosives surrounding the building as well as on access roads leading to it.
A booby-trapped vehicle was also found near the building. It was destroyed along with the infrastructure inside the building and the explosives in the surrounding area…</small></blockquote></ref>