An Israeli diplomat, Amir Weissbrod, stated that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, sent the Israeli government a list of employees that includes several names of people linked to the terrorist group Hamas
Weissbrod, who works at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, made the allegation on Sunday via the social media platform X.
According to Weissbrod, it is not new for UNRWA to have problems with employees linked to terrorism.
He noted that some of these employees have been identified as terrorists by Israel since 2011, but they remain employed by the agency without any action being taken.
Nothing new under the sun with @UNRWA. In lists of workers that were sent to @IsraelMFA last week, we can easily see that @UNRWA employes many
? Ambassador Amir Weissbrod “? (@AmirwWeissbrod) August 3, 2025
terrorists from Hamas, some whose names were given to them by Israel even back on 2011 and were sent in a letter to @UNLazzarini and? pic.twitter.com/bbseFOuKpj
Weissbrod gave three examples of people on the UNRWA list who are suspected terrorists:
1. Mohammad Abi Itiwi: He worked as an UNRWA driver, but according to the diplomat, he participated in the kidnapping of young Israelis from a shelter near Kibbutz Re’im during the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023. Itiwi was killed by the Israel Defense Forces in August 2024, but he is still listed as an UNRWA employee receiving a salary.
2. Naji Abdullah Abu Aziz: By day, he is the director of a UNRWA school, but by night, he is allegedly a member of a Hamas unit that manufactures chemicals.
Israel alerted the UN to Aziz’s terrorist activities in 2011 and again in 2024, but he continues to work for the agency.
3. Khalid Said El-Masry: Also the director of an UNRWA school, he is accused of belonging to Hamas.
Israeli security forces found a tunnel under the school where he works, but UNRWA has taken no action to fire him.
Weissbrod said these are just a few examples of many other cases.
He argues that responsible governments, which don’t want taxpayer money going to Hamas, should not fund UNRWA.
He shared four photos to demonstrate these employees’ ties to Hamas.
Last week, former President Donald Trump’s administration informed the US Congress that UNRWA should be shut down because of its ties to terrorism.
According to *The Washington Free Beacon*, the US State Department said the agency is “irreparably compromised” and needs to be completely dismantled.
An internal UN investigation revealed that at least nine UNRWA staff members “probably” participated directly in the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023. Israel, which has long accused the agency of ties to terrorist groups, says many other UNRWA staff members are linked to Hamas and other Palestinian groups.
On July 31, victims of Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist attacks, as well as their families, filed a lawsuit against UNRWA, accusing the agency of aiding these groups and promoting terrorism.
They are seeking damages, according to *The New York Times*.
A similar case has been pending since last year in federal court in Manhattan.
Published in 08/07/2025 05h43
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