Published 00:10 IST, July 13th 2024

Inside the UNRWA HQ in Gaza City: UAVs, a Hamas Combat Compound and a War Room

At the start of the operation, the IDF opened a defined corridor to enable civilians to evacuate from the area.

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New Delhi, India: Following intelligence indicating that Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists and infrastructure were embedded inside the UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City, IDF troops began a counterterrorism operation in the area earlier this week. 

At the start of the operation, the IDF opened a defined corridor to enable civilians to evacuate from the area.

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During the operation, the Commando Brigade Combat Team under the command of the 99th Division conducted a targeted raid on a Hamas combat complex embedded inside a compound previously used by UNRWA. 

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With the guidance of the Intelligence Directorate (J2), Maglan and Egoz special forces raided the compound and apprehended terrorists who tried to escape from the area. 

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During the activity, the troops engaged in close-quarters combat with terrorist cells that had fortified themselves inside the UNRWA compound and located parts for assembling a UAV, war rooms used for surveillance operations and large quantities of weapons, including tactical drones, rockets, machine guns, mortars, explosives and grenades.

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Next to the terror compound raided by the troops, the IDF previously exposed and operated against an underground tunnel route and a significant asset of Hamas' military intelligence that passed under the building that served as UNRWA's Headquarters in the Gaza Strip. 

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In additional scans carried out by the troops during the current operations in the area, the troops located an underground laboratory for the manufacturing of explosives and weapons inside a university building.

00:10 IST, July 13th 2024