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The UN Agency Accused of Links to Hamas

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Amid a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, no aid group has the reach of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the organization that for decades has provided schooling, healthcare and other assistance to Palestinian refugees in Gaza. But an Israeli intelligence report alleges that 12 UNRWA staff members were directly linked to the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. As WSJ’s David Luhnow explains, the fallout could put millions of lives on the line in Gaza. Further Listening: The Hospital at the Center of Israel’s War on Hamas For Palestinians Trapped in Gaza, There’s No Way Out Further Reading A U.N. Agency Is Accused of Links to Hamas. The Clues Were There All Along. Intelligence Reveals Details of U.N. Agency Staff’s Links to Oct. 7 Attack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Gaza is in crisis.

0:16.0

Well, I think all of Gaza has basically been turned into a giant refugee camp.

0:19.0

That's our colleague David Luno. You'll see really rivers of people walking carrying bags with clothes or food maybe a

0:26.1

blanket or two they're living in makeshift camps in tents there aren't many toilets and adding on to the misery it's been raining

0:35.4

non-stop for about 10 days. You know food starting to run short some people are using

0:40.9

animal feed to make a type of bread.

0:45.0

Resources are under huge strain,

0:47.8

and most of the aid is being delivered by one relief group.

0:51.6

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the near east, better

0:57.4

known as UNRWA.

1:01.6

Along with emergency aid, UNRWA runs social programs and health and education services for

1:06.7

Gaza's 2.2 million people.

1:10.1

Multiple aid organizations have warned that no other agency has UNRWA's on the ground reach, infrastructure, or capacity.

1:17.0

In a place like Gaza, since UNRWA is looking after 80% of the population,

1:22.8

I'd say UNRWA is sort of the Citibank

1:25.0

of the humanitarian world.

1:27.0

They're too big to fail.

1:29.3

But this week, an Israeli intelligence report

1:32.2

made some grave accusations against the agency.

1:35.0

Some UNRUM staff are being accused of having actually taken part or been linked to the horrific attacks on October 7 against Israel that actually

1:46.6

kicked off this current war.

1:49.8

In the wake of this report, how much trouble is UNRWA in?

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