Israel says these photos show how Hamas places weapons in and near U.N. facilities in Gaza, including schools
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United Nations — Israel has accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of committing "double war crimes" by not only firing rockets at civilians, but firing them from and near United Nations-run facilities in the Gaza Strip that should be "out of bounds" — and at least one senior U.N. official who spoke with CBS News agrees.
Hamas' use of civilians as human shields in Gaza was confirmed during the last major conflict in 2014, but its use of U.N. facilities to house and launch weapons has increased over the last eight years, putting U.N. staff and other civilians at greater risk, Israeli officials say.
U.N. officials told CBS News on Wednesday that 99 members of their staff have been killed in Gaza since the Palestinian enclave's Hamas rulers triggered the current war with their brutal Oct. 7 terror attack. UNRWA, the U.N.'s Palestinian refugee relief agency, says it has more than 13,000 staff in Gaza running schools, health clinics and other services.
