UN dismisses 9 employees who participated in historic massacre

The United Nations is dismissing nine employees for their participation in the October 7th massacre in Israel, UN spokesman Farhan Haq said.

Nineteen members of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) were reportedly investigated by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) over allegations that they took part in the mass murder of 1,200 men, women, and children. 

“OIOS made findings in relation to each of the 19 UNRWA staff members alleged to have been involved in the attacks,” said Haq.

He added: “In one case, no evidence was obtained by OIOS to support the allegations of the staff member's involvement, while in nine other cases, the evidence obtained by OIOS was insufficient to support the staff member's involvement.”

For the remaining nine, however, Haq said there is “sufficient information in order to take the actions that we're taking — which is to say, the termination of these nine individuals.”

There are no reports of the UN taking any further action.

UNRWA last year: Accusations are ‘misinformation’ 

Accusations of UNRWA’s involvement in the massacre surfaced as early as November 2023 after Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas recalled being held captive by UN workers. Other reports revealed that UNRWA workers had participated in the killings themselves, with UNRWA identification tags found at the scene of the slaughter. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) recovered the combat vest of one of the attackers, which included a UNRWA ID card. 

It was also discovered that some of the attackers graduated from UNRWA schools, which make up at least half of Gaza’s educational institutions. 

UNRWA angrily dismissed the charges as “misinformation” and demanded the allegations be deleted from the internet. 

In response to Israel’s formal allegations in January, the US, EU, Australia, and other Western countries froze about $450 million in funding in UNRWA. Some governments, like Australia’s, unfroze the donations shortly after.

UNRWA’s terrorism known for years

Approximately 10% of UNRWA’s 13,000 Gazan employees are known to have ties to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, with nearly half having relatives in the terror groups. Former UNRWA union chief Suhail al-Hindi occupies a senior leadership role in Hamas.

UNRWA’s collaboration with Islamic extremist groups — mostly through schools and “humanitarian aid” — has been well documented for years but only received attention after October 7th.

Reports by UN Watch have detailed how UNRWA operatives work with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to teach Jew hatred, Holocaust denial, and Muslim supremacy in schools in areas the PA administers. UNRWA teachers have also been glorifying the October 7th massacre in classrooms.

UNRWA’s “humanitarian aid” has also repeatedly “fallen” into the hands of Hamas operatives.

What is UNRWA?

Most of the world’s refugees receive aid from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, created in 1921. Arabs in Israel who claim refugee status, however, collect benefits from UNRWA, a body established to cater specifically to “Palestinians.” The agency was formed in 1949, the year after Israel won its independence. 

With an annual budget of over a billion dollars collected from the US, European countries, and international NGOs, UNRWA employs approximately 32,000 individuals and provides year-round “humanitarian aid” for free to Arab “refugees” across the Levant. The more refugees UNRWA can claim, the more funds it can collect.

Arabs whose forbears were living in the Land of Israel prior to 1948 and no longer live in the same home have been granted lifetime “refugee” status by UNRWA, even if they move to a different country. Those who do live in the same home can still access UNRWA benefits and services. In 1950 UNRWA claimed there were 750,000 “Palestinian refugees.” Today, that number is 5.9 million and growing.

This is because even those who have never even been to Israel or the Middle East and are citizens of other countries are also considered refugees if they are related to Arabs who lived in the Land of Israel before 1948. It is also because when Israel emerged victorious from the Six Day War in 1967 after having captured Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, UNRWA decided to designate Arabs in those areas as “refugees” as well, even though they remained in the same homes they lived in before being designated refugees.

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