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UN Actively Obstructing U.S. Probe of Links between Its Gaza Relief Groups and Hamas
(Washington Free Beacon) Adam Kredo - Multiple UN relief agencies continue to stonewall a U.S. probe into their ties to Hamas, withholding key documents and other information that could reveal their employees as affiliates of the terror group, according to U.S. officials. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Inspector General's office sent letters in December 2025 to six separate UN agencies that purport to do humanitarian work in Gaza, asking them to name all their employees "who worked on U.S.-government funded awards" and provide their contact information and "date and place of birth." The office also asked the agencies to detail their "interactions with Hamas." None of the six organizations have furnished the full list of documents requested. A senior State Department official told the Free Beacon, "The UN's failure to cooperate with the USAID IG investigation into Hamas diversion and interference of aid to Gaza is totally unacceptable." The USAID inspector general has identified at least 100 Hamas members whose salaries were paid by UNRWA, which has repeatedly allowed its facilities to be used by Hamas to store weapons, station personnel, and conduct attacks on Israel. The U.S. probe recently expanded to include at least 1,500 UNRWA-linked individuals suspected of terror ties. "As we have said many times, UNRWA is a subsidiary of Hamas and aided and abetted terrorist activity, including on October 7," the senior State Department source said. "It is incumbent on all UN agencies to provide requested information to ensure that taxpayers never pay the salaries of terrorists. Never again will the United States accept UN agencies' failure to screen employees."