A dossier prepared by Israel and shared with the United States denounces that 12 employees of the UN agency that operates within the Gaza Strip, UNRWA, participated directly in the attacks against Israeli civilians on October 7th.
The accusations, which began to be published in the international press last week, indicate that workers from the humanitarian aid organization in the Palestinian enclave had helped Hamas in kidnapping hostages, creating an operations room and distributing ammunition to terrorists. carry out the massacre and continue the war from neighboring territory.
The document reveals that Israeli intelligence officers tracked six of those investigated inside Israel on October 7 via their cell phones, while others were monitored as they made phone calls inside Gaza during which, according to Israel, they discussed their involvement in the attack.
Three others reportedly received messages ordering them to report to meeting points on October 7 and one was instructed to take rocket-propelled grenades stored in his home, according to the dossier.
Israel listed the names and positions of the agency's employees and the individual charges against them. Seven of the accused were said to be teachers at UNRWA schools, instructing students in subjects such as mathematics and Arabic. Two others worked in schools in other roles. The remaining three were described as a clerk, social worker and warehouse manager.
The UN spoke out on Friday (26) on the matter, reporting on the dismissal of several agency employees, even before investigations were concluded to confirm or not the members' involvement in extremist actions.
The case motivated at least eight countries, including the United States, to stop funding UNRWA. On Sunday (28), the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, said he was “horrified” by the accusations, announcing that nine of the 12 employees involved in the investigation had been removed from the organization.
At the same time, Guterres called on nations that suspended their aid payments to reconsider the situation, given the humanitarian tragedy experienced by Palestinians in the enclave.
The American newspaper The New York Times contacted UNRWA requesting a position, at which time they said that two of the 12 accused employees were dead and would not provide any further information while the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services was still investigating the episodes.
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