Jerusalem, 4 August, 2025 (TPS-IL) -- Israel is intensifying its campaign against the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), accusing it of continuing to employ Hamas operatives and calling on governments to halt all funding to the agency.
Nothing new under the sun with @UNRWA. In lists of workers that were sent to @IsraelMFA last week, we can easily see that @UNRWA employes [sic] many terrorists from Hamas, some whose names were given to them by Israel even back on 2011 and were sent in a letter to @UNLazzarini and @antonioguterres in July 2024. Nothing was done about them and they are still employed,” tweeted Amir Weissbrod, Deputy Director-General for International Organizations at Israel’s Foreign Ministry, on Monday night.
Weissbrod warned that continued funding to the agency amounted to supporting terrorism: “Any responsible government that does not want its taxpayers’ money going to Hamas must stop supporting this organization.”
The renewed accusations come amid proceedings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague over UNRWA’s legal status. Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar lambasted the court and the UN for what he described as “another scandalous proceeding against the State of Israel,” adding that Israel would boycott the hearings.