{"id":292879,"date":"2024-01-26T15:17:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=292879"},"modified":"2024-01-29T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T20:29:15","slug":"serious-allegations-against-unrwa-staff-in-the-gaza-strip-26jan-2024","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/serious-allegations-against-unrwa-staff-in-the-gaza-strip-26jan-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious allegations against UNRWA staff in the Gaza Strip &#8211; UNRWA Commissioner-General Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-field-publish-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div><a class=\"fusion-bar-highlight\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/ar\/newsroom\/official-statements\/%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B8%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"menu-text\">\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">26 January 2024<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>From Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-publish-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>AMMAN,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Israeli Authorities have provided UNRWA with information about the alleged involvement of several UNRWA employees in the horrific attacks on Israel on 7 October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo protect the Agency\u2019s ability to deliver humanitarian assistance, I have taken the decision to immediately terminate the contracts of these staff members and launch an investigation in order to establish the truth without delay. \u00a0Any UNRWA employee who was involved in acts of terror will be held accountable, including through criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNRWA reiterates its condemnation in the strongest possible terms of the abhorrent attacks of 7 October and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all Israeli hostages and their safe return to their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese shocking allegations come as more than 2 million people in Gaza depend on lifesaving assistance that the Agency has been providing since the war began. Anyone who betrays the fundamental values of the United Nations also betrays those whom we serve in Gaza, across the region and elsewhere around the world\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a 26 January 2024 From Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General AMMAN, \u201cThe Israeli Authorities have provided UNRWA with information about the alleged involvement of several UNRWA employees in the horrific attacks on Israel on 7 October. \u201cTo protect the Agency\u2019s ability to deliver humanitarian assistance, I have taken the decision to immediately terminate the contracts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/serious-allegations-against-unrwa-staff-in-the-gaza-strip-26jan-2024\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[897],"document-category":[1338],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1945,2005,6848,2117,6891],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-292879","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-israel","document-category-statement","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-hostages","document-subject-terrorism","document-subject-unrwa","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/292879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/292879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292883,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/292879\/revisions\/292883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=292879"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=292879"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=292879"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=292879"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=292879"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=292879"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=292879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}