Hamas learns its lessons from the Gaza war

It worked so well in January that now they’re taking it to the next level:

Hamas is digging tunnels next to United Nations facilities under the assumption that the IDF will not target them during a future conflict, defense officials warned on Sunday.

The officials said a tunnel Hamas had been digging adjacent to a UN school in Beit Hanun had collapsed earlier this month. According to some reports obtained by Israel, the collapse of the tunnel caused damage inside the school.

UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness denied claims that a tunnel was being dug under a UN school, and said, regarding claims tunnels were being dug adjacent to UN schools: “It is not within the UN mandate to police what is happening under the streets of Gaza.”

According to one official, the tunnel was being dug directly next to the school and likely underneath it as well.

The IDF’s concern, a defense official said, was that Hamas was digging tunnels adjacent to UN and other international facilities because the terror group knew that the IDF would think twice before bombing them.

UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness denied claims that a tunnel was being dug under a UN school, and said, regarding claims tunnels were being dug adjacent to UN schools: “It is not within the UN mandate to police what is happening under the streets of Gaza.” (JP)

Unless, of course, Israel tried something like that. Then it would be a crime against humanity.

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