Israel’s Ministry of International Affairs introduced that the United Nations Aid and Works Company for Palestine Refugees within the Close to East (UNRWA) is using 108 terrorist operatives and instantly requested the group to terminate the staffers instantly.
Within the July 4 letter, which was obtained by Fox Information Digital, Ambassador Amir Weissbrod wrote that the presence of Hamas terrorists in UNRWA has been a “recurring concern” for Israeli officers.
“Nonetheless, the total scope of this unprecedented infiltration was unknown and have become clear solely after the October seventh terrorist assault on Israel, wherein, as you realize, UNRWA staff actively participated,” Weissbrod mentioned.
“In current months Israel has found that a whole lot of terrorists, members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) have been employed by UNRWA within the Gaza Strip, a few of them holding high-ranking positions in UNRWA or in Hamas.”
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The ambassador added that the intent of his letter was to share “some further info on this matter,” and proceeded to determine the staff related to Hamas.
“Please discover connected a doc containing 108 names and IDs of terrorist operatives who’re at present employed by UNRWA-Gaza,” Weissbrod wrote. “This record contains their army IDs as properly.”
The official added that the record incorporates a “small fraction” of terrorist operatives employed by UNRWA, and that the names of extra staff will likely be despatched sooner or later.
“Israel expects from you and your group to right away terminate the employment of any member of Hamas or PIJ…their work in UNRWA poses a safety threat for Israel, and represents a breach of the precept of neutrality as was talked about in Ms. Colonna’s report,” Weissbrod added.
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“This record may also be offered to main UNRWA donors.”
The Israeli authorities has repeatedly launched pictures, video and paperwork proving that Hamas terrorists have labored throughout the UNRWA, and the company has beforehand accepted the authenticity of the knowledge. In January, UNRWA Commissioner-Normal Philippe Lazzarini introduced that he had fired UNRWA workers members that had been concerned within the Oct. 7 assaults.
“To guard the Company’s capacity to ship humanitarian help, I’ve taken the choice to right away terminate the contracts of those workers members and launch an investigation to be able to set up the reality directly,” he mentioned. “Any UNRWA worker who was concerned in acts of terror will likely be held accountable, together with by legal prosecution,” he mentioned on the time.
Nonetheless, Lazzarini has additionally not too long ago pushed again towards Israeli criticism of his group. Throughout a gathering on the U.N. in Geneva, he mentioned that the UNRWA was “staggering beneath the burden of relentless assaults.”
“Israel has lengthy been important of the company’s mandate. However it now seeks to finish UNRWA’s operations, dismissing the company’s standing as a United Nations entity supported by an amazing majority of member states,” he mentioned. “If we don’t push again, different U.N. entities and worldwide organizations will likely be subsequent, additional undermining our multilateral system.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to UNRWA for a press release however didn’t instantly hear again.
