The Israeli army published a video from a drone showing Armed men were shown next to vehicles marked by the UN in complex United Nations in Rafahin southern Gaza, and asked the UN to investigate.

Representative UNRWA said that the agency was unable to verify the authenticity or content of the videonot the exact time or place, but what it was The video appears to show an UNRWA warehouse in Rafah. that the staff dropped out the week of May 6.

Said some UN marked vehicles remained at the sites when they were abandoned after Israel evacuation orders released before Israeli forces captured the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing into Egypt.

UNRWA spokesperson Juliet Tuma commented on her statement:

UNRWA condemns the use of UN facilities by any party to the conflict for military/combat purposes. Under no circumstances should anyone possess or use weapons at a UN facility.

This was stated in a statement by the Israel Defense Forces on Saturday. Troops identify militants at UNRWA Central Logistics Facilityeast of Rafah, where the Israeli military has been operating for more than a week.

Reuters discovered the images by matching nearby buildings, poles, railings, roof tanks and vegetation with satellite and archival images, but was unable to verify the date they were taken or the identities of the militants.

UNRWA was sharply criticized by Israel, which accuses the agency of collaborating with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and calls for its dissolution. Agency, created to help Palestinian refugees displaced during the war that erupted around the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, categorically denies these accusations.

Israeli army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the army had sent the images to “senior officials in the international community.” called on the UN to investigate links between UNRWA logistics centers and so-called Hamas militants. near their cars.

Hamas rejected the idea that the men were combatants like “false accusations and lies”.

“These are the police in charge of “protect help centers from theft and robbery”said Reuters Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas official.

Israeli criticism of UNRWA has intensified at a time of growing international pressure on Israel to Increased aid supplies to Gaza to ease humanitarian crisis which threatens to cause severe famine for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the war.

Israel says it is ready to allow unlimited supplies of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and accuses UN aid agencies and other international organizations of misallocating aid.

UN aid agencies say Aid distribution in the Gaza Strip has been severely limited by the fighting and accused Israel of restricting access to the enclave despite warnings of famine.

UNRWA said 38 of its facilities were damaged in the recent Israeli operation.21 of which were affected by evacuation orders in Rafah.

Reuters