Israel shows footage of armed men at UN location in Gaza

15/5/2024 17:39

        The Israeli army released drone footage showing armed men standing next to U.N. marked vehicles at a United Nations compound in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and called on the U.N. to investigate.
        
        An IDF statement said that on Saturday, troops had identified fighters in the central logistics compound of the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA east of Rafah, where the Israli military has been operating for more than a week.
        
        An UNRWA spokesperson said the agency was examining the footage and would share information once it became available.
        
        Reuters located the footage by matching nearby buildings, poles, railings, tanks on a roof and greenery to satellite and file images, but was not able to verify the date it was filmed or the identity of the armed men.
        
        Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the army had forwarded the footage to "senior members of the international community" and called on the U.N. to investigate the connection between UNRWA logistics centres and what he described as "Hamas operatives" near their vehicles.