Israel’s defence minister claims that more than 1,400 staff from the UN aid agency in charge of helping Palestinian people are members of either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Yoav Gallant, the former IDF general, told a group of reporters at a briefing on Friday that roughly 12% of UNRWA were members of at least one of the terror groups.
‘Out of 13,000 UNRWA workers, 12 per cent are affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)’, he said.
‘One thousand four hundred and sixty eight workers are known to be active in Hamas and PIJ. One hundred and eighty five UNRWA workers are active in the military branches of Hamas and 51 are active in the PIJ military branch,’ he added.
Gallant, 65, did not publish the evidence that the claims were based on, and MailOnline was unable to independently verify Israel’s figures.
Gallant, 65, did not publish the evidence that the claims were based on, and MailOnline was unable to independently verify Israel’s figures.
