Israel has confirmed its allegations against the United Nations Palestine Relief Agency, UNRWA, and backed them up with further information. While it was initially said that twelve UNRWA employees were involved in the terrorist attacks on Israel on October 7th last year – most of them Hamas members – the Israeli ambassador in Berlin, Ron Prosor, announced on Thursday that they had now It is known that 15 UNRWA employees were among the terrorists. Prosor reiterated the demand to dissolve the aid organization. “UNRWA is part of the problem, not part of the solution,” he said.
The embassy invited journalists to a round of discussions and presented them with extensive material on the suspects, including names, photos, ID numbers and dates of birth. Most of those involved in the Gaza terrorist attack worked in the UNRWA education system, the embassy said. In any case, Hamas is very strongly represented in the approximately 200 schools in Gaza. School principals are also often terrorists. 9,000 UNRWA employees are employed in the education system in Gaza.
According to the embassy in Berlin, more than 2,000 UNRWA employees in Gaza are members of a terrorist organization. That's around 17 percent. This predominantly refers to Hamas. Prosor said they receive new information every day. The ambassador said that we only learned a lot of things since we were in Gaza with our own forces. It was not previously clear about the extent of the connection between UNRWA and Hamas.
Proceedings against Germany in The Hague
At least 32 of UNRWA's facilities are close to terrorist infrastructure, the embassy said. We're talking about 20 meters. Israel accuses the UN organization of deliberately building schools above tunnels in Gaza.
Germany's relationship with UNRWA will also play a role before the International Court of Justice in The Hague in the coming weeks. There, Nicaragua has filed a lawsuit against Germany and applied for interim measures in an expedited procedure, which the court will hear from April 8th. Nicaragua accuses Germany of violating both the United Nations Genocide Convention and international humanitarian law by supporting Israel. Unlike Germany, Nicaragua assumes that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
In its application, the country reminds us that every state that, like Germany, is a party to the Genocide Convention must do everything possible to prevent the commission of genocide. Germany is not only neglecting this obligation, but is actually aiding and abetting Israel through its political, financial and military support, says Nicaragua. The same applies to the decision to cut funding to UNRWA. “Germany’s decision to defund UNRWA jeopardizes any effective assistance provided to the victims of these very atrocities committed by Israel,” the application states.