The U.N. has vowed to investigate all accusations made and repreatedly asked Israel for evidence, which it says has not been provided. Lazzarini also said on Tuesday that UNRWA has been the target of a "fierce disinformation campaign" to "portray the agency as a terrorist organi...
Meanwhile, Lazzarini said that the agency "has not yet received any evidence confirming Israel's allegations that UNRWA employees participated in the Oct. 7 attack," noting that it would be wrong to dismantle the UNRWA before reaching a permanent political solution. In January, the organization wa...
Sackur then asked whether UNRWA was aware that some of its staff were Hamas members. Lazzarini responded by saying that this was information that was coming only from Israel, that investigations into UNRWA-Hamas membership were inconclusive, and that Israel had not provided UNRWA with evidence of ...
The government of Israel has incontrovertible proof, including evidence the IDF gathered inside Gaza, that twelve employees of UNRWA joined Hamas operatives in committing atrocities — raping, torturing, mutilating, murdering Israelis — on October 7. Apparently the proof provided ...
Headlines blared using only portions of the report to reprimand Israel for not providing evidence of UNRWA staff participating in the Oct. 7 massacre. Israel rarely cooperates with the often-biased UN committees sent to castigate the Jewish state. As is often the case these days, journalists ...
He said that even if the allegations against it “are proved — and as of now no evidence has been presented, no details have been shared — how can the logical response from donors be the further cutting of life-saving aid to 2 million Gazan civilians?” “Gaza is in freefall, ...
involved in the Oct 7, 2023, attack and were fired. A Hamas commander in Lebanon - killed in September by Israel - was also found to have had a UNRWA job. The UN has vowed to investigate all accusations made and repeatedly asked Israel for evidence, which it says has not been provided...
The action comes after months of Israeli-provided evidence that UNRWA facilities allegedly did double duty as Hamas command posts, and that about 100 Hamas commanders and operatives were on the UNRWA payroll. “It is not just a few rotten apples … in Gaza is a rotten tree entirely infected ...
They are not Hamas’s only hostages. The terrorist organization has been allowed to hijack UNRWA and exploit it for its own nefarious purposes. Evidence continues to mount regarding the extent of collusion by UNRWA staff in the invasion and massacre, as well as complicity in holding the hostages...
Germany has announced it will resume funding the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza. The decision comes after an independent investigation led by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonnafoundthat Israeli authorities had not yet provided sufficient evidence to support its claims tha...