The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini is “immediately” terminating the contracts of UNRWA staff members allegedly involved in the October 7 attacks on southern Israel, he said in a statement on Friday.
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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is “immediately” terminating the contracts of UNRWA staff members allegedly involved in the October 7 attacks on Israel, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said Friday.
Lazzarini said Israeli authorities provided the UN’s agency for Palestine refugees “with information” alleging several UNRWA employees participated in Hamas’ murderous rampage into southern Israel, when the militant group killed at least 1,200 people and abducted more than 250 others.
An investigation is being launched into the alleged involvement of the employees and those involved will be held accountable “including through criminal prosecution,” added Lazzarini.
The commissioner-general said he made the decision in order to protect the agency’s ability to deliver humanitarian aid.
In the wake of the allegations on Friday, the US State Department announced it had “temporarily paused additional funding” to UNRWA.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to “emphasize the necessity of a thorough and swift investigation of this matter,” State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said in a statement.
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