"Please pray for the Peace of Israel" Psalm 122  [Chapter-16]

Found: Rockets in UN Schools and Terrorist Command Centers in Gaza Hospitals

                       

Hamas militants continue to use civilians to shield their weapons, firing from densely populated areas and storing weapons in homes, schools, and hospitals. Weapons are even being transported in ambulances. As well, Hamas used the cover of the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as its de facto headquarters for its leaders, as well as the place to meet with international press.

Hamas terrorists are transporting weapons under the cover of ambulances.

Because of the close proximity of Hamas to civilians,  a United Nations school was struck, killing 15 who were seeking refuge there. While Hamas was quick to point the finger at Israel for the attack, Israel said the damage may have been caused by a Hamas rocket that misfired at close range.  Over 100 Hamas missiles actually fell within Gaza last week.“We can confirm that [Palestinian] terror rockets that were fired from that area landed in the neighborhood of the UN facility,” Cap. Eytan Buchman of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.  (Times of Israel) “We do not act against NGO facilities with no warning,” Gaza Division Commander Brig. Gen. Miki Edelstein told reporters.“If,” he said, “if something happened, it is by mistake and not any other issue.”

  

Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer (YouTube capture)

In a CNN interview, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, said that Hamas is responsible. "Hamas is placing missile batteries in schools, in hospitals, and in mosques, and there must be outrage by the world at Hamas to end this," he emphasized. When CNN's Erin Burnett conceded that Dermer was making valid points, she asked him if perhaps Israel could not have “sent someone in to look” to ensure that there were no children in the school before it fired at it. "I think you have no basis for making the statement that you just made," Dermer replied.  "Of course we wouldn't fire directly.  But I don't know what happened in that school.  What I understand is we gave people days to get out of that area.  This is in the northern Gaza Strip; there's a good chance that it may have been a Hamas rocket that hit it.  I don't know if a Hamas fighter fired directly from that school at our military who's operating there and then we responded to that fire."

Hamas terrorists endanger the lives of children not only by firing missiles

in close proximity to schools, hospitals and residential areas, but also by

storing weapons in these same places.

It isn't the only school that Hamas has placed in harm's way. On July 21, the IDF Nahal Brigade discovered Grad rocket launchers, some still loaded, on the grounds of an agricultural school in Beit Hanoun, Northern Gaza. Not only are rockets being fired near schools, but Hamas weapons are being stored in them.  On Tuesday, for the second time in a week, the United Nations agency UNRWA that serves the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip found rockets stored in their schools. "The Secretary-General is alarmed to hear that rockets were placed in an UNRWA school in Gaza and that subsequently these have gone missing.  He expresses his outrage, and regret, at the placing of weapons in a UN-administered school.  By doing so, those responsible are turning schools into potential military targets, and endangering the lives of innocent children, UN employees working in such facilities, and anyone using the UN schools as shelter," the UN statement read. The school is situated between two other schools that are currently housing displaced persons.  Without naming any particular group, a UNRWA statement condemned those responsible “for this flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises under international law.” They reported that the rockets are being removed and that an investigation will be carried out.  This follows the discovery of 20 other rockets in another Gaza facility a week ago.  An almost identical statement was made at the time, and the rockets were returned to “the local authorities,” in other words, to Hamas.  (Jpost) Following that discovery, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, called the discovery the tip of the iceberg, saying they would find additional weaponry in other schools if the UN took the time to check. “Hamas is using UN facilities to commit a double war crime by targeting Israeli civilians while hiding behind Palestinian civilians,” Prosor said.  (Algemeiner)

An Israeli home that was destroyed by a Hamas bomb.

A week earlier, Canadian reporter Patrick Martin was visiting UNRWA’s Fakhoura School and witnessed firsthand Hamas' total disregard for civilians: “Heading toward the exit, we were overwhelmed by the jet-like sound of two rockets being launched from somewhere near the school.  Hamas, or some militant group, clearly is hoping the Israelis won’t strike at the launchers … because they’re close to the school.” Indeed, Israel is doing its best to warn Palestinians when they will retaliate against Hamas targets located in homes and public facilities. After several days of shelling from Al-Wafa Hospital in Gaza, Israel warned the hospital administrator and staff for over a week to evacuate the premises, which they did after Israel started the shelling.  A Palestinian activist who stayed in the hospital says that no one was injured.  (electronicintifada) Recordings of the warning calls made to hospital staff over several days are being played on Israeli television. According to an IDF spokesman, “the hospital premises were being used as war rooms and command centers by the terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.”  (Arutz 7)

Gaza rockets hit a school in Israel.  While Israel tries to avoid civilian

casualties, Hamas deliberately targets them.