"From intelligence information, documents and identity cards seized during the course of the fighting, it is now possible to flag around 190 Hamas and PIJ (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) terrorist operatives who serve as UNRWA employees.
French public broadcaster France 24 also had access to the Israeli report, which it compared to the notorious “dodgy dossier” of intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that led the U.K. government to join the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Israel has refused to provide the intelligence it says backs up its allegations, either to UNRWA or to the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), the UN body assigned to investigate.
“To protect the Agency’s ability to deliver humanitarian assistance, I have taken the decision to immediately terminate the contracts of these staff members and launch an investigation in order to establish the truth without delay,” said Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA commissioner-general.
Israeli media outlets have reported commanders in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) want UNRWA’s operations to continue because they fear being left with sole responsibility for a territory gripped by famine.
“It’s time that the international community and the UN itself understand that UNRWA’s mission has to end,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a visiting UN delegation on Jan. 31.
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"From intelligence information, documents and identity cards seized during the course of the fighting, it is now possible to flag around 190 Hamas and PIJ (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) terrorist operatives who serve as UNRWA employees.
French public broadcaster France 24 also had access to the Israeli report, which it compared to the notorious “dodgy dossier” of intelligence claims about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that led the U.K. government to join the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Israel has refused to provide the intelligence it says backs up its allegations, either to UNRWA or to the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), the UN body assigned to investigate.
“To protect the Agency’s ability to deliver humanitarian assistance, I have taken the decision to immediately terminate the contracts of these staff members and launch an investigation in order to establish the truth without delay,” said Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA commissioner-general.
Israeli media outlets have reported commanders in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) want UNRWA’s operations to continue because they fear being left with sole responsibility for a territory gripped by famine.
“It’s time that the international community and the UN itself understand that UNRWA’s mission has to end,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a visiting UN delegation on Jan. 31.
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