The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency that operates for the benefit of Palestinian refugees.
Having been founded in 1949, UNRWA is the only UN refugee agency dedicated to a specific area and refugee crisis.
The organization continues to operate in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, providing humanitarian aid and education for Palestinians.
However, UNRWA has also come under fire for a number of controversies, such as those who claim it creates dependency rather than resettling refugees and others who claim it promotes antisemitism and incitement against Israel in its educational programs.
Channel 12 noted that this decision creates a significant legal hurdle for the victims and their families, who must demonstrate that the immunity protecting UNRWA employees should be revoked.
That pause in funding followed allegations that a number of their employees were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack.
More than 446,000 Palestinian children in central and south Gaza were vaccinated earlier this month.
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The interview comes only a few days after Israel struck a UNRWA school, killing at least 18, according to Hamas, of which six were UNRWA workers.
The lawsuit draws on extensive evidence relating to the ties of UNRWA and its workers to Hamas.
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"We're in touch with our Israeli counterparts to get more information on what happened," Press Secretary Karrine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday.
Three of the nine terrorists listed had been employed as UNRWA staff as they planned and participated in attacks against Israel.
Swiss lawmakers voted to freeze UNRWA funds, citing links to Hamas and terror incitement in schools.
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