United Nations announced that nine employees of the Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) “could have participated” in the October 7 attacks perpetrated by the Palestinian movement Hamas in the south of Israeland they were fired.
Following an investigation by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OSSI), it indicates that nine members, of the 19 investigated, could have “participated in the armed attacks” of October 7 that triggered the war in Gaza.
“We have enough information to take the measures we are taking, that is, the dismissal of these nine people,” he said. Farhan HaqUN spokesperson.
Israel claimed in January that a dozen employees of the agency for Palestinian refugees participated in the attack on Israeli territory that left 1,197 dead, most of them civilians, according to a count based on according to official Israeli data.
On January 29, the Secretary General of the ONU, Antonio Guterres called for an investigation into the allegations.
Israeli authorities subsequently filed charges against seven other members of the group. agency.
Now him OSS The investigation into the 19 people reported was concluded and it was noted that in one case “there is no evidence” of their alleged involvement.
In nine others, the “evidence is insufficient to support their involvement,” although the organization announces “that appropriate measures will be taken” with the agency’s regulations.
The remaining nine “could have participated” and their employment relationship with the agency “will be terminated in the interest” of the agency, the organization said in a statement.
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