{"id":256812,"date":"2021-08-11T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=256812"},"modified":"2021-08-17T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T18:43:56","slug":"tunnel-found-under-unrwa-school-in-gaza-11-august-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/tunnel-found-under-unrwa-school-in-gaza-11-august-2021-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunnel Found Under UNRWA School in Gaza \u2013 11 August 2021 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"

11 AUGUST 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by St\u00e9phane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n

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Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n

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Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 I’d like you to try to confirm or deny or maybe comment on a story that appeared yesterday from Gaza.\u00a0 According to a story, UNRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East] asked a weapons\u2026 a UN ex\u2011weapons experts from\u2026 what are they called\u2026 UNMAS [United Nations Mine Action Service] to inspect a tunnel that was found in an UNRWA school in Zaitoun neighbourhood of Gaza two months ago, and Hamas blocked the inspection; and therefore, another inspection that was similarly planned for Rafah was also cancelled.\u00a0 According to the story, UNRWA said that they can’t open the school year if the inspection is not taking place.\u00a0 Can you shed any light on this?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 No, I mean, our colleagues at UNRWA could give you the details.\u00a0 What I can tell you is that it is critical for every UN premise anywhere in the world to be free of any weapons or anything that would put that premise at risk.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 But, that tunnel in Gaza City was found two months ago, and now they are trying to inspect it but are not allowed to do that.\u00a0 Is that a problem\u2026?<\/p>\n

Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 Benny, as I said, on the operational details, I would ask you to ask UNRWA.\u00a0 I can only state what our policy is.\u00a0 [The Spokesman later shared a statement by UNRWA protesting what it said was the takeover of one its schools by the de facto authorities.]\u00a0 Mr.\u00a0Gladstone?<\/p>\n

For information media. Not an official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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