Robin Shepherd
Think Tank Blog
06 August 09
Remember all those stories about the evil Israelis preventing medical supplies from reaching Gaza? Remember the BBC and all the other western outlets parading UN officials as objective observers of the conflict? Well, in a story that is not running on the BBC, it now appears that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza has covered up the theft of three of its ambulances by Hamas.
According to a report from Israel’s Army Radio which is related in today’s Jerusalem Post, the three ambulances were transferred to the UNRWA two weeks ago. Upon arriving in Gaza, the ambulances were hijacked by gunmen. The UNRWA refused to report the incident, presumably for fear of offending Hamas.
Obviously this story needs further verification. However, the evidence for the UNRWA’s friendly leanings towards Hamas and to the Palestinian cause in general is not in dispute. Nor is the fact that Hamas uses medical facilities and ambulances as shields against the Israelis. Consider the following, extraordinary video.
It is not entirely clear what is happening until the last part of the clip (which lasts only a minute and nine seconds) when Palestinian gunmen are seen jumping into the back of an ambulance which is clearly marked as belonging to the UN. That’s what you call being caught red handed….
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