After The ICJ Ruled That Israel’s Genocide In Gaza Is Plausible, Israel Accused 12 UN Workers In Palestine For Working For Hamas
Even though Israel’s accusations have not been verified, several western countries immediately suspended funding to the UNRWA, the main humanitarian agency in Gaza.
Palestinians receive bags of flour at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) distribution center in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)
Palestinians fleeing Israeli attacks take shelter at UNRWA school in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 14, 2023. (Photo by Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Flour is being distributed in Khan Yunis by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA to Gazans who had difficulty finding bread due to Israeli attacks in Gaza. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images)
UNRWA is the main humanitarian agency in Gaza, and the only one that has been allowed in to deliver aid since Israel began its war that has killed more than 27,000 Palestinians.
Palestinian people holding empty bowls try to reach out for food distributed by volunteers at donation point as Israeli attacks continue in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
An estimated one million Palestinians in Gaza are now seeking shelter at UNRWA schools and centers after being forced from their homes.
Palestinians perform an evening prayer on a backyard of a school, affiliated to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), as the Israeli attacks continues in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Locals help UN staff carry a wounded Palesinian man reportedly shot by Israel forces while leaving Gaza City through the Zeitoun district on its southern entrance. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) holds press conference in Jerusalem. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
On Monday Jan. 30, Israel said it had shared a document of its “evidence” with the US, but it did not share it with the UN, according to Al Jazeera.
Palestinians including children are served food by United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) officials as they took refuge in UNRWA camp to flee Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)
There are now differing reports about the actual number of the staff Israel has accused, with later reports saying it was only four workers.
DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA – JANUARY 21: Palestinian patients gather at the UNRWA health center to receive medicines as the Israeli attacks continue in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on January 21, 2024. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)
12 workers is just 0.04% of the 30,000 people employed by the UNRWA.
Workers of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) hand out flour rations and other supplies to people at an UNRWA warehouse in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Palestinian men and children gather for a demonstration in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)Palestinian families take refuge in the logistics base of UNRWA and in the makeshift tents they have built around the storage as they struggle with cold weather in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) distribute flour to Palestinian families fled their homes and took refuge in UNRWA schools as Israeli attacks continue in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Palestinian men and children gather for a demonstration in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
A UN expert said that the decision to suspend funding could violate the Genocide Convention and defies the ICJ’s ruling, which called on Israel to allow aid into Gaza.
An aerial view of destroyed UNRWA Palestinian School following Israeli attacks hit Jabalia Camp in Jabalia, Gaza. (Photo by Mahmoud Sabbah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Palestinian men and children gather for a demonstration in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, calling for continued international support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (Photo by AFP)