Israel ‘yet to provide evidence’ of UNRWA staff terrorist links, independent report says

Israel has yet to present evidence backing its allegations that employees of U.N. relief agency UNRWA are affiliated with terrorist organizations, said an independent review published Monday.

After Israel claimed in January that UNRWA staff were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks, several European countries cut funding to the agency, which is the main provider of aid to Palestinians. Since then, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has deteriorated significantly.

“Israel made public claims that a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organizations,” the report said, adding that “Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of this.”