FACT CHECK · HAMAS
Claim: Hamas does not store weapons in schools
FALSETHE ANSWER
UNRWA itself found rockets in three vacant Gaza schools on 16, 22 and 29 July 2014, about 20 in the first, and condemned it each time. Ban Ki-moon voiced 'outrage' 23 July; a UN inquiry confirmed it.
SOURCE
UNRWA press releases 17, 22, 29 Jul 2014; UN SG statement SG/SM/16045, 23 Jul 2014; UN Board of Inquiry 2015
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- “Weapons in schools”
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