EGN NEWS DESK
The United States has additionally expressed issues concerning the laws, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has justified by citing the alleged involvement of UNRWA employees within the Oct. 7, 2023 assaults by Hamas on Israel by which greater than 1,200 individuals have been killed.
“UNRWA employees concerned in terrorist actions in opposition to Israel should be held accountable,” Netanyahu stated in an announcement on X.
Israel and the UNRWA have an acrimonious historical past, which has worsened since Oct. 7. Several European international locations suspended funding to the UNRWA after Israel first alleged, with out presenting proof, that a number of the company’s employees have been concerned within the Hamas assaults.
After most international locations resumed funding to the company, a U.N. investigation discovered that 9 employees “could have been concerned within the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led assaults in opposition to Israel.” All have been fired from their UNWRA positions.
Israel has killed at the very least 230 UNRWA employees throughout its army marketing campaign in Gaza.
The humanitarian state of affairs in Gaza is dire and deteriorating, the UN stated Monday, with Israel stopping support employees from reaching individuals trapped below rubble over the weekend. Famine is imminent within the enclave, with half of Gaza’s inhabitants going through catastrophic meals insecurity, watchdogs say.
Netanyahu’s assertion on X additionally stated: “Since avoiding a humanitarian disaster can be important, sustained humanitarian support should stay accessible in Gaza now and sooner or later.”
