Israeli officials have presented evidence they say ties workers at a Palestinian aid agency in Gaza to violence during the Hamas-led attack on Israel.

One is accused of kidnapping a woman. Another is said to have handed out ammunition. A third was described as taking part in the massacre at a kibbutz where 97 people died. And all were said to be employees of the United Nations aid agency that schools, shelters and feeds hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The accusations are contained in a dossier provided to the United States government that details Israel’s claims against a dozen employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency who, it says, played a role in the Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7 or in their aftermath.

The U.N. said on Friday that it had fired several employees after being briefed on the allegations. But little was known about the accusations until the dossier was reviewed on Sunday by The New York Times.

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  • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0•11 months ago

    helping Hamas stage the attack that set off the war in Gaza, or of aiding it in the days after.

    They DO know that, in addition to the terrorist contingent, Hamas is also technically the government, right?

    Depending on how broad the definition is (and the Israeli government definition of aiding terrorists has traditionally been RIDICULOUSLY broad), you can’t be an aid worker doing your job providing aid to a population without technically aiding that population’s government…