UN aid agency personnel supported Hamas with RPGs, took Israeli woman captive during Oct. 7 attacks, damning intel reveals

The United Nations aid agency employees accused of participating in Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel included some who supplied rocket-propelled grenades, while others actively killed and kidnapped Israelis, according to a damning file of intel provided to the US.
At least 10 of the 12 dismissed last week by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) were active members of Hamas, while another was affiliated with the Islamic Jihad, according to the file obtained by the New York Times.
Using phone records and calls, Israeli officials tracked the movements of UN aid workers on the day of the attack.
The terrorists also worked by day as teachers and other school employees, using the agency as a cover, according to the file.
They found that at least one was instructed via text message to bring rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) he kept at his house with him, the file reports. A social worker also distributed ammo, arranged vehicles, and brought the body of a deceased Israeli soldier back to Gaza, according to the Israeli intel.
A school counselor from southern Gaza collaborated with his son to abduct a woman, who became one of the more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas terrorists that day, according to the file.
One other was also said to have participated in a massacre at a kibbutz, where nearly 100 people were killed.
In total, Israeli officials claim a dozen employees from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency actively took part in the terrorist attack. This prompted the aid agency to announce on Friday that it had terminated nine of the staffers who were still alive as an investigation continues. Two others have since passed away, according to the agency.
The US immediately cut funding to the agency following the allegations, the State Department said, marking a significant change from the Biden administration’s strong support for UNRWA.
“Other nations, including Canada, Italy, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Finland, have since announced they were pausing any additional aid to the agency,” the department’s statement said.
Hamas has criticized Israeli “threats” against UNRWA and urged the UN and other international groups not to “cave into the threats of blackmail.”
The Palestinian Authority is also urging countries to reverse their suspension of funds, calling for “maximum support for this international organization and not stopping support and assistance to it.”
Over the weekend, UNRWA’s commissioner-general, Philippe Lazzarini, argued, “It would be immensely irresponsible to sanction an agency and an entire community it serves because of allegations of criminal acts against some individuals, especially at a time of war, displacement and political crises in the region.”
Johann Soufi, a lawyer and former director of the UNRWA legal office in Gaza, said the agency “always had a zero-tolerance policy for violence and incitement to hatred.”

Author: OpenAI