Ariel Kahana
Israel Hayom, Jan. 29, 2024
“This double affiliation, with Hamas and UNRWA, allows the organization’s terrorists to freely use the agency’s infrastructure for illicit purposes that have been discovered countless times during IDF counterterrorism operations in the strip.”
Amid the ongoing firestorm surrounding the revelation that some UNRWA employees were part of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, new information obtained by Israel Hayom details the scope of the misconduct by the UN agency, which is tasked with helping Palestinians, just hours after an Israeli official told Israel Hayom a decision was made not to share with the public information on its terrorism complicity.
Although the information that has been gathered by Israeli intelligence and various state bodies has not been shared by the public, Israel Hayom can share some of the information that clearly shows UNRWA’s complicity. It shows that applications for “refugee” status with UNRWA are submitted digitally, without the need to physically present oneself, contrary to what is customary according to UN refugee protocols.
The data also shows that UNRWA continues to count “refugees” who left the camps it runs as if they still live there. For example, out of some 490,000 “registered refugees” in Lebanon, only about 250,000 reside there. The number of UNRWA employees has reached massive proportions: Some 30,000 agency employees care for 5.9 million “reported refugees”. By comparison, at the UN Refugee Agency (which is separate from UNRWA), only 20,000 employees care for 108 million refugees and displaced persons worldwide.
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