Israel’s Foreign Ministry highlighted a video from Oct. 7 showing a UNRWA social worker abducting the body of slain Israeli civilian Jonathan Samerano.
Over the decades, UNRWA’s operations in Gaza have been thoroughly infiltrated by Hamas and other terrorist groups, which have exploited the agency’s humanitarian mandate to tighten their grip over the Gaza Strip.
Freed hostage Mia Schem describes the extensive role the UN, via UNRWA, plays in Hamas' operation; she was transported in UN ambulances and held in UN facilities by terrorists with ties to UNRWA.
UNRWA effectively turned its sites into 'safe havens for terrorists,' preventing Israel from targeting Hamas’s terror infrastructure both before and during the October 7th attack.
Reports have repeatedly surfaced of Hamas weapons caches being discovered in UNRWA schools and facilities, as well as tunnels dug beneath its buildings.
With an Israeli ban on UNRWA due to begin in two weeks, a key Knesset lawmaker on Sunday called the US blacklisting of the aid organization 'the first domino in the collapse of Palestinian terrorism.'
The parents of Yonatan Samerano, whose body is being held by Hamas, have sued the U.N. agency over its employee's involvement in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
According to UNRWA, Sherif was suspended without pay in March for three months for violating regulations and was investigated over his alleged political activities.
Many of these institutions have been repurposed as command centers and weapon storage facilities, using innocent civilians as human shields to protect their operations.
Original headline read, 'UN clears half the aid workers accused of taking part in the October 7 attack.' That's like writing, 'Terrorists spare four of seven buildings at World Trade Center,' according to one commentator.