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U.S. Probe Finds 101 More Staffers for UNRWA "Gaza Relief Organization" Are Hamas Soldiers from Oct. 7
(Washington Free Beacon) Adam Kredo - The U.S. Agency for International Development inspector general's office, responsible for monitoring American foreign assistance, determined on Friday that scores of "UNRWA school principals, teachers, security personnel, attendants, psychosocial counselors, and medical professionals" were also members of Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades or other terror factions. The inspector general determined that 101 current or former UNRWA employees should be added to a government blacklist that will prevent them from participating in all American foreign aid projects for 10 years. The latest staffers to be flagged at UNRWA - historically the primary major relief organization operating in Gaza - include a "deputy school principal serving as an al-Qassam deputy company commander in the Ain Gallout/5th infantry battalion," as well as a "deputy school principal serving as squad leader for the Khan Younis Brigade/2nd." One UNRWA instructor had "expertise as a sniper for Hamas," and another served as a "Hamas soldier with orders to bring two anti-tank missiles to a prescribed location during the October 7 terror attacks." State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said, "Unfortunately, it is no surprise that another 100 UNRWA employees were determined to be involved in the barbaric October 7 attack. President Trump and Secretary Rubio have affirmed time and time again that no State Department funding will be provided to UNRWA, which has been totally infiltrated by Hamas and terrorist sympathizers." A senior State Department official told the Free Beacon, "The sheer amount of [UNRWA] officials tied to terrorist activity is shocking and unacceptable. This investigation validates Secretary Rubio's policy that UNRWA is a subsidiary of Hamas and should not be part of Gaza's future." As the investigation unfolds, the Trump administration and Congress are considering several fresh punitive measures that could include stripping UNRWA of its diplomatic immunity under U.S. law, opening it up to legal action from terror victims, and designating it as a foreign terrorist organization.