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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5818738" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/at-least-12-u-n-agency-employees-involved-in-oct-7-attacks-intelligence-reports-say-a7de8f36?mod=hp_lead_pos2" target="_blank">Intelligence Reveals Details of U.N. Agency Staff’s Links to Oct. 7 Attack - WSJ</a></p><p></p><p>January 29, 2024</p><p></p><p>"At least 12 employees of the U.N.’s Palestinian refugee agency had connections to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-halts-funding-for-u-n-agency-amid-claims-staff-took-part-in-oct-7-attacks-3247918b" target="_blank">Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack</a> on Israel and around 10% of all of its Gaza staff have ties to Islamist militant groups, according to intelligence reports reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.</p><p></p><p>Six United Nations Relief and Works Agency workers were part of the wave of Palestinian militants <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hamas-fighters-orders-kill-as-many-people-as-possible-2a6abff8" target="_blank">who killed 1,200 people</a> in the deadliest assault on Jews since the Holocaust, according to the intelligence dossier. Two helped kidnap Israelis. Two others were tracked to sites where scores of Israeli civilians were shot and killed. Others coordinated logistics for the assault, including procuring weapons.</p><p></p><p>Of the 12 Unrwa employees with links to the attacks, seven were primary or secondary school teachers, including two math teachers, two Arabic language teachers and one primary school teacher.</p><p></p><p>The information in the intelligence reports—based on what an official described as very sensitive signals intelligence as well as cellphone tracking data, interrogations of captured Hamas fighters and documents <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-shows-video-evidence-of-oct-7-attacks-some-taken-from-militants-body-cams-262d6369" target="_blank">recovered from dead militants</a>, among other things—were part of a briefing given by Israel to U.S. officials that led Washington and others to suspend aid to Unrwa.</p><p></p><p>Intelligence estimates shared with the U.S. conclude that around 1,200 of Unrwa’s roughly 12,000 employees in Gaza have links to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and about half have close relatives who belong to the Islamist militant groups. Both groups have been designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. and others. Hamas has run Gaza since a 2007 coup.</p><p></p><p>“Unrwa’s problem is not just ‘a few bad apples’ involved in the October 7 massacre,” said a senior Israeli government official. “The institution as a whole is a haven for Hamas’ radical ideology.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5818738, member: 48469"] [URL='https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/at-least-12-u-n-agency-employees-involved-in-oct-7-attacks-intelligence-reports-say-a7de8f36?mod=hp_lead_pos2']Intelligence Reveals Details of U.N. Agency Staff’s Links to Oct. 7 Attack - WSJ[/URL] January 29, 2024 "At least 12 employees of the U.N.’s Palestinian refugee agency had connections to [URL='https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-halts-funding-for-u-n-agency-amid-claims-staff-took-part-in-oct-7-attacks-3247918b']Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack[/URL] on Israel and around 10% of all of its Gaza staff have ties to Islamist militant groups, according to intelligence reports reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Six United Nations Relief and Works Agency workers were part of the wave of Palestinian militants [URL='https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hamas-fighters-orders-kill-as-many-people-as-possible-2a6abff8']who killed 1,200 people[/URL] in the deadliest assault on Jews since the Holocaust, according to the intelligence dossier. Two helped kidnap Israelis. Two others were tracked to sites where scores of Israeli civilians were shot and killed. Others coordinated logistics for the assault, including procuring weapons. Of the 12 Unrwa employees with links to the attacks, seven were primary or secondary school teachers, including two math teachers, two Arabic language teachers and one primary school teacher. The information in the intelligence reports—based on what an official described as very sensitive signals intelligence as well as cellphone tracking data, interrogations of captured Hamas fighters and documents [URL='https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-shows-video-evidence-of-oct-7-attacks-some-taken-from-militants-body-cams-262d6369']recovered from dead militants[/URL], among other things—were part of a briefing given by Israel to U.S. officials that led Washington and others to suspend aid to Unrwa. Intelligence estimates shared with the U.S. conclude that around 1,200 of Unrwa’s roughly 12,000 employees in Gaza have links to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and about half have close relatives who belong to the Islamist militant groups. Both groups have been designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S. and others. Hamas has run Gaza since a 2007 coup. “Unrwa’s problem is not just ‘a few bad apples’ involved in the October 7 massacre,” said a senior Israeli government official. “The institution as a whole is a haven for Hamas’ radical ideology.” [/QUOTE]
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