Israel’s Defence Minister claims that over 1,400 personnel employed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) are affiliated with either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The Mail has the story.
Yoav Gallant, the former IDF general, told a group of reporters at a briefing on Friday that roughly 12% of UNRWA were members of at least one of the terror groups.
“Out of 13,000 UNRWA workers, 12% are affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)”, he said.
“One thousand four hundred and sixty eight workers are known to be active in Hamas and PIJ. One hundred and eighty five UNRWA workers are active in the military branches of Hamas and 51 are active in the PIJ military branch,” he added. …
The Defence Minister also revealed the identities of the 12 UNRWA staff who he says “actively participated” in the October 7th incursion, which saw Hamas kill 1,200 people, most of whom were civilians.
Israel claims that nine of the 12 UNRWA staff worked in schools as teachers or counsellors, while the others worked as clerks and social workers. …
Israel said at the end of January that it had evidence of UNRWA staff being involved in the massacre, which led to many of the agency’s largest donors, including the U.S., the U.K. and 14 other countries, pulling funding.
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