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UNRWA staff members protest against UNRWA cuts outside the UNRWA offices in Gaza City on April 14, 2019.

After evidence showed some employees of UNRWA allegedly participated in Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel, the Israeli government has been cutting UNRWA out of the process of distributing aid.

Aid not coordinated through UNRWA is more likely to reach those it’s intended for, she said, noting that diverted UNRWA aid bags had allegedly been found in the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s Gaza hideout.

Also in the list of 12 men are an UNRWA teacher accused of arming himself with an anti-tank rocket, another teacher accused of filming a hostage and the manager of a shop in an UNRWA school accused of opening a war-room for Islamic Jihad.

By Palestine Chronicle Staff UNRWA has verified that at least 192 employees have been killed in Gaza, with more than 170 UNRWA premises damaged or destroyed.

Indeed, 23% of UNRWA men aretied to Hamas, and almost half of UNRWA employees have close relatives with jihadi ties.

One of six solar-based water desalination units installed by Human Concern International in partnership with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and UNRWA USA.

On Wednesday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told the UN Security Council that a “deliberate and concerted campaign” was being carried out to bring UNRWA down at a time when its services are most critical.

The Israeli government did not make their evidence public, nor – according to UNRWA – did they share it with UNRWA.

There has always been tension between Israel and UNRWA, but since the October 7th attacks and the Israel war in Gaza, Israeli leaders have sought to dismantle UNRWA all together.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is expected to continue distributing aid despite the US pausing its funding over allegations against UNRWA employees in Gaza.

Two million civilians in Gaza depend on critical aid from UNRWA for daily survival but UNRWA’s current funding will not allow it to meet all requirements to support them in February.

After military conflicts, UNRWA helped thousands of displaced people rebuild their homes, and UNRWA schools organized summer camps to try to relieve students of the pain and dark memories.

But Hamas militants have firebombed UNRWA mixed-gender summer camps, and in 2013 Hamas passed a law requiring gender segregation in schools for all pupils nine years of age and older in Gaza. citation The law does not apply to UNRWA schools.

Following the release of the film, UNRWA released a statement that read, in part: UNRWA has conducted a lengthy and detailed investigation into the film and we categorically reject the allegations it contains.

For a camp to be recognized by UNRWA, there must be an agreement between the host government and UNRWA governing use of the camp.

For example, in 2009 it caused UNRWA to suspend a decision to introduce Holocaust studies in its schools. citation One of UNRWA's flagships has been gender-equality and integration.

In addition, the descendents of refugees are also within UNRWA purview; with all generations included, about five million people are eligible for UNRWA's services.

In each area where UNRWA operates, there is a Director in charge of distributing humanitarian aid and overseeing general UNRWA operations.

Initially it was reported to be an UNRWA clinic but the IDF shortly thereafter retracted the claim thought it was noted that it had an UNRWA sign on it.