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Report finds Israel did not provide evidence of UNRWA staff militancy

The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.

UNRWA's 'Shati' beach refugee camp along Gaza's Mediterranean coast
UNRWA's 'Shati' beach refugee camp along Gaza's Mediterranean coast (AN/Stefano Cattai)

A hotly anticipated independent review points to "neutrality-related issues" at the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, but offers no evidence that significant numbers of its staff are tied to militants in Gaza.

The nine-week review headed by Catherine Colonna, the former French foreign minister, calls into question Israel's allegations that at least a dozen of UNRWA's 13,000 employees in Gaza took part in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.

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