The United Nations says 9 employees members of the United Nations company for Palestinian refugees, UNWRA, could have been concerned within the October 7 Hamas-led assault on Israel.
United Nations deputy spokesman Farhan Haq mentioned all 9 had been terminated.
He mentioned the United Nations had accomplished an investigation after Israel accused UNRWA employees of involvement.
Final fall, some 1,200 folks have been killed in unprecedented assaults and 251 others have been taken again to Gaza as hostages.
Mr Harker didn’t specify the precise involvement of the boys.
“For us, any involvement within the assault is a large betrayal of the work we’re presupposed to be doing on behalf of the Palestinian folks,” he mentioned.
The United Nations launched an investigation into 19 UNRWA employees members after Israel claimed that 12 of them have been concerned within the assault.
Israel later claimed that greater than 450 UNRWA employees have been members of terrorist teams, however a United Nations assessment in April discovered that Israel had offered no proof for its claims.
UNRWA, which has 13,000 staff in Gaza, mentioned in March that some staff reported making false statements whereas in detention beneath strain from Israeli authorities.
Most nations withdrew funding for the U.N. company as a result of Israel’s accusations.
In July, the UK joined different nations which have since resumed contributions, leaving the USA, UNRWA’s largest single donor, as the one nation to not.
