UNRWA Head Decries ‘Disinformation’ on Agency’s Hamas Ties

The chief of the U.N.’s Hamas-linked special agency for Palestinians claimed that it is on the receiving end of a “disinformation” campaign, as the Israeli government seeks its dissolution.

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, visited the U.N.’s headquarters in New York yesterday to seek support for his agency. After Israel said that over a dozen UNRWA employees took part in the October 7 massacre, the U.S. and several other donors withheld funding for it, causing what he referred to as a “financial crisis.”

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The chief of the U.N.’s Hamas-linked special agency for Palestinians claimed that it is on the receiving end of a “disinformation” campaign, as the Israeli government seeks its dissolution.

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, visited the U.N.’s headquarters in New York yesterday to seek support for his agency. After Israel said that over a dozen UNRWA employees took part in the October 7 massacre, the U.S. and several other donors withheld funding for it, causing what he referred to as a “financial crisis.”