UN fires several Gaza employees over alleged involvement in Hamas attack on Israel

The UN company for Palestinian refugees on Friday mentioned it had sacked “several” employees Israel accused of involvement in Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attack that triggered the Gaza battle.

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini mentioned he took the choice “to protect the Agency’s ability to deliver humanitarian assistance” and launched an investigation after Israeli authorities supplied details about the workers members’ alleged involvement.

Following the event, the Biden administration has briefly suspended help to the U.N. company for Palestinian refugees following allegations that a few of its employees took half in the Oct. 7 Hamas assaults on Israel.

The State Department mentioned Friday it was “extremely troubled” by the allegations and had paused further help to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency pending a evaluation of the claims and any motion the UN takes to handle them.

UNRWA, established in 1949 following the primary Arab-Israeli battle, offers companies together with education, main healthcare and humanitarian help to Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

Israel’s blistering floor and air offensive has decimated huge swaths of Gaza through the practically 4-month-old battle. The battle broke out on Oct. 7 when Hamas terrorists stormed southern Israel, killing about 1,200 individuals, principally civilians, and abducting some 250.

UNRWA has supplied help and used its services to shelter individuals fleeing bombardment and a floor offensive launched by Israel in Gaza following the Oct. 7 assaults, in which Israel says 1,200 individuals had been killed and 253 individuals taken hostage.

Israel’s offensive has laid waste to a lot of the densely populated Gaza Strip and killed greater than 25,000 Palestinians.

UNRWA, whose greatest donors in 2022 had been the United States, Germany, the European Union and Sweden, has repeatedly mentioned its capability to render humanitarian help to individuals in Gaza is on the breaking point.

With inputs from businesses.