A detained Columbia University student who led university riots and handed out pro-Hamas leaflets, worked for UNRWA, a UN organization that was infiltrated by Hamas in Gaza, the New York Post reports.

Mahmoud Khalil worked for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees after he spent four years employed at the UK office for Syria and Lebanon.

Khalil, a Palestinian born in Syria, left the UK in 2022 and attended Columbia University.