UNRWA Investigates Employee Involvement in Attack on Israel

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced today, Friday, that it has opened an investigation into allegations of involvement by several of its staff members in the attacks on October 7, carried out by the Islamic resistance movement (Hamas) in southern Israel. It added that it has severed ties with these employees. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stated, "Israeli authorities provided UNRWA with information regarding the alleged involvement of several UNRWA employees in the horrific attacks on Israel on October 7." He continued, "To protect the agency's ability to provide humanitarian assistance, I made the decision to terminate the contracts of these employees immediately and to initiate an investigation to ascertain the truth without delay."