Israel has provided evidence that ties employees of the UN Relief Agency for Palestinian Refugees to the Hamas attack on the country.
About this writes The New York Times.
The file provided to American officials by Israel lists the names and positions of employees of the humanitarian organization, as well as allegations against them. Israeli intelligence identified the movement of six of them inside Israel on Oct. 7, based on their phones. According to intelligence, the others were tracked during phone calls in Gaza when they discussed their participation in Hamas attack.
In particular, three received text messages ordering them to report to muster points on Oct. 7, and one was ordered to bring grenade launchers stored at his home.
Seven of the accused were teachers at UNRWA schools, where they taught math and Arabic to students. Two others worked at schools in other positions. The remaining three were described as a clerk, a social worker and a warehouse manager.
In the dossier, a school psychologist from southern Gaza is accused of kidnapping a woman from Israel. And a social worker from central Gaza is accused of bringing the body of a dead Israeli soldier to Gaza, distributing ammunition and coordinating vehicles on the day of the attack.
At the same time, he noted that 2 million civilians in Gaza depend on UNRWA's survival-critical aid every day, but that current funding levels would not allow it to maintain the level of aid needed in February 2024. Guterres called on governments that have suspended their aid payments to reconsider.