ISRAEL GOVERNMENT
Following the October 7th 2023 massacre perpetrated by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) uncovered extensive evidence exposing the depth and scope of Hamas' infiltration into the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza and the systematic and long-term effort by Hamas to exploit the agency's infrastructure, workforce, and operational footprint for terrorist purposes.Since this scandal broke out publicly in January 2024, the UN's leadership chose to dismiss Israel's claim that Hamas had systematically infiltrated and abused UNRWA without even launching an investigation into it. Therefore, after a lengthy process of verification and declassification, this page now presents part of the intelligence on UNRWA for the public view and for the observation of countries which are funding UNRWA (is your country one of them?).
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Key findings:
Among the 12,521 UNRWA employees in the Gaza Strip, at least 1,462 (12%) are members of Hamas or other designated terrorist organizations.
Out of 546 principals and deputy-principals in UNRWA's education facilities, at least 80 (15%) are members of terrorist organizations.UNRWA employees actively participated in the October 7th attacks on Israel. UNRWA's employment of terror operatives:
Throughout the current war and long before it, Hamas systematically exploited UNRWA's facilities, equipment and infrastructure as a method of warfare.
Hamas dug terror tunnels intentionally under UNRWA schools placing shafts in or next to those facilities. In at least two confirmed cases, the schools' principals we're Hamas military wing members.
Hamas operated the advanced server farm of its central intelligence command center underneath UNRWA's Gaza headquarters using electricity from that facility.
Hamas regularly fired rockets from areas adjacent to UN institutions, especially from the vicinity of UNRWA schools.
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Chart 2: UNRWA employees in Gaza who are operativesin Hamas's military wing divided by professional categories
UNRWA Employees Involvement in the October 7th Attack
Humanitarian staff who took part in the deadliest terrorist assault in Israel's history.
Intelligence provided to the UNs Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) identified at least 18 UNRWA employees who actively participated in the October 7th massacre, including in killings, abductions, and operational support to Hamas invading forces.
Evidence included among others:- Video footage showing staff members in Israeli communities during the attack.- Phone call recordings and cellphone triangulation confirming their presence and coordination.- Documentation of hostage abductions, including an UNRWA social worker seen loading the body of a murdered civilian into a vehicle.
These individuals continued to function simultaneouslyas UNRWA employees and Hamas operatives.
Faisal Ali Mussalem Al-Naami from Nuseirat is an UNRWA Social Worker. A Hamas military wing operative serving in the comms and combat support branch of the Nuseirat Battalion.CEM - Hamas membership records - His name and ID we're found in a Hamas military document entitled Personal details of comms branch (بيانات أفراد سالح اإلشارة)
Faisal was identified in Israeli territory, and was involved in kidnapping a man from Beeri based on CCTV, CEM, and cellular activity .At 9:34am on October 7th, Faisal appeared in CCTV footage from within Kibbutz Beeri. He can be seen loading the dead body of an Israeli into this SUV to kidnap it.
Mohammad Abu Itiwi has been employed by UNRWA since July 2022. On October 7th, 2023 Mohammad Abu Itiwi led the murderous attack on the bomb shelter on Route 232 in the area of Re'im in southern Israel in which16 we're murdered, 4 we're kidnapped, and only 7 survived.
Mohammad Marwan Abu Itiwi - UNRWA Driver - Al-Qassam Militant
UNRWA Staff who are members of Terrorist Organizations
A humanitarian agency employing hundreds of operatives from Hamas and other terrorist factions.At least 1,462 UNRWA employees in Gaza are members of Hamas, PIJ, or similar organizationscomprising nearly 12% of the agency's workforce in Gaza were verified up to this point,Of these:- 1,157 are employed in the education system.- 80 school principals and deputy principals are members of terrorist groups, including 16 from Hamas military wing.- Additional operatives we're found in engineering, health, logistics, and administration.These figures are based on cross-referencing UNRWA's official staff lists with Hamas own personnel recordsincluding internal recruitment databases, military training rosters, and administrative filesmatched through national ID numbers.As investigation into the matter is continuing, more are expected to be found.
CEM: The document "The 2022 Deployment Plan", contains the operatives' positionsin 2 schools armed with personal weapons.
Mohammad Said Mussalam - UNRWA Medical Staff - Deputy Squad Leader Combat Support Battalion
Hamas Systematic Use of UNRWA Infrastructure
Hamas has exploited UNRWA's extensive infrastructure in Gaza as part of its military doctrine.Evidence shows:- Tunnels, firing positions, and weapons depots inside or adjacent to UNRWA schools andcompounds.
- Field headquarters and deployment points operating from UNRWA facilities.- Use of UNRWA schools for direct fire against IDF forces, as captured in battlefield footage.
The objective of using UN Facilities, was to deter the IDF from operating in the vicinity of those installations, under the guise of the UN and UN immunities. The usage of schools and educational personnel has proven extremely effective both in usage of the facility and both in indoctrination of the students themselves.
Naji Abdalla Abu Aziz - A Military Wing Member that Israel Notified UNRWA about in 2011
A tunnel shaft was found in 2023, near a school run by Naji Abu Aziz.
Hamas's armed terrorists using UNRWA vehicles for transportation
Despite these findingsand years of prior warningsUNRWA did not report any such breaches,(except when it was publicly exposed) nor did it conduct effective inspections of its own facilities.
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