Each of the three Israeli hostages who were freed from Gaza on Sunday say they were held by Hamas terrorists in a United Nations facility at some point during their captivity, including the tent cities in the humanitarian zones that were set up by the UN, Israel’s Channel 13 News reports. Fox News reports that hostages were also held at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.
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Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher were freed this past weekend in exchange for the release of 90 Palestinian Authority terrorists incarcerated at Israel’s Ofer Prison.
The three women are undergoing rehabilitation to help them recover from 471 days of inhumane captivity. Much of their time was spent underground with no sunlight. One of the hostages underwent a medical procedure without anesthesia.
Captured Records Show Hamas Controlled UNRWA Schools in Gaza
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency operated eight so-called “refugee camps” in Gaza. UNRWA is the only agency in the world body dedicated exclusively to refugees from Israel’s War of Independence and their descendants, which have now stretched beyond four generations, into millions of residents.
The so-called ”refugee camps” have long since grown beyond that appellation, despite UNRWA’s desperate attempt to legitimize refugee status by maintaining the designation. The “camps” are (or were) today real cities – some with populations of 100,000 or more — complete with commercial shopping centers, mansions and other private villas, coffee shops, banks and medical clinics.
An Israeli ban on the UN agency is set to take effect in two weeks; the Knesset passed the legislation almost unanimously late last year.
UNRWA has long maintained close and cordial relations with Gaza’s ruling Hamas terrorist organization.
UNRWA ‘Knowingly’ Let Hamas Infiltrate, per UN Watch Report
Israel has documented UNRWA’s employment of hundreds of active Hamas terrorists in its schools and hospitals. More than 10 percent of senior educators in UNRWA schools are members of Hamas and its ally, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.
