UNRWA Under Fire Over Hamas Ties | US News

UNRWA’s internal probe into staff links to Hamas in the October 7 attack drew sharp criticism from USAID, which called it a flawed cover-up for failing to investigate whether employees were actual Hamas members — not just direct participants. While the U.N. dismissed Israeli intel as unverifiable and let go nine staff, USAID referred over 100 current/former employees to the State Department, with three facing debarment including two tied to Hamas and one to Islamic Jihad. A former UNRWA official was already debarred for 10 years for alleged coordination role. Western diplomats accuse the U.N. of whitewashing, while the agency insists it acted neutrally and took allegations seriously. A U.S. Senator now demands unredacted U.N. documents. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/7acb72ba118ee163