UN investigators probe 14 UNRWA aid staff Israel accused over Hamas attack

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The UN was informed in January of Israeli allegations that 12 employees of the agency known as UNRWA had taken part in the October 7 attack.

Palestinian children who fled with their parents from their houses in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, gather in the backyard of an UNRWA school in Sidon, Lebanon in September 2023

The UN’s internal watchdog – the Office of Internal Oversight Services – is carrying out the probe following Israel’s initial allegations in January.The watchdog reported that of the 19 allegations against UNRWA agency staff, one case was closed because Israel provided no evidence and four others were suspended for lack of sufficient evidence, Mr Dujarric said.

It said Israel had never before expressed concerns about anyone on the staff lists that UNRWA had given Israel every year since 2011. A number of countries have since resumed contributions, but the US Congress has suspended any money for the agency until March 2025.Mr Lazzarini, the agency’s commissioner general, says UNRWA has enough money to operate only through June.

It made 50 recommendations to improve UNRWA’s neutrality, which Mr Guterres and Mr Lazzarini have pledged to implement.

 

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