The Palestinian National Authoritywhich governs small parts of West Bank occupied, criticized countries that suspended their funding to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), key to the survival of many Gazans, before the alleged collusion of its staff with the Islamist movement is investigated Hamas who denounced Israel.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry expressed “great astonishment at the measures adopted by some countries before the investigations of the United Nations” and demanded that the “immediately remove in accordance with the law.”
Israel accuses a dozen workers of the UNRWA of having participated in the attack perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, when the war broke out, leaving some 1,200 dead and 250 kidnapped in Israeli mourning.
This caused the UNRWA yesterday fired the designated personnel and initiated an investigation.
After the dismissal of these personnel, USA -main partner of Israel-, Canada, Italy and Australia They suspended their financing UNRWAa key institution for the survival of the more than 1.9 million displaced people left by the war in the Gaza Strip, in the midst of a humanitarian crisis without precedents.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry estimates that, even if it is confirmed that some workers of the UNRWA they cooperated with Hamas, “should not be harmed” to the organization or its humanitarian missions.
“Any fault on the part of some of the employees of the UNRWA “It does not reflect its policy, the directives and instructions of its officials, nor the credibility of its work in the service of Palestinian refugees.”argument.
The Palestinian ministry said Israel is carrying out a “systematic campaign of incitement against UNRWA”, when mentioning the recent attack on an agency shelter in the Gaza Strip which left 13 dead and 75 injured.
The Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katzassured today that the UNRWA “obstructs peace and serves as the civil arm of Hamas in Loop”, and advocated that the organization not be part of the operation in the Strip once the war is over.
The scandal of the UNRWA broke out yesterday, the same day that the International Court of Justice of the UN issued a ruling requiring Israel to prevent genocide against the Palestinians in Loop and facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid.
This imposition of precautionary measures, which did not include a cease fire, is due to an accusation of genocide against Israel -still in progress- presented in December by South Africa.
