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Nine UN employees "may have" participated on October 7

An internal UN review reveals that nine individuals who worked for the UN's Palestine agency Unrwa "may have been involved" in the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 last year. The incident was the starting point for the war in Gaza.

» Updated: September 19 2024

» Published: August 05 2024

Nine UN employees "may have" participated on October 7
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The affected staff have been fired.

We have sufficient information to take the measures we are taking – namely the dismissal of these nine individuals, says spokesperson Farhan Haq.

He emphasizes, however, that the organization will need to evaluate further to be able to confirm it "fully".

It is the UN's internal audit Oios that is behind the investigation, which was conducted after Israel accused a total of 19 Unrwa employees of possibly being involved in the bloody attack.

Many countries paused their support to Unrwa after the accusations. Several of them, including Sweden, have since decided to resume their support.

Unrwa, which has provided necessary assistance to Palestinian refugees since 1949, has long been criticized by Israel.

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