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US Federal Watchdog Finds Over 100 UNRWA Staffers Linked to Hamas, Oct. 7 Attack
Corey Walker
June 9, 2026

More than 100 staffers at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) are affiliated with Hamas’ military wing and participated in the Palestinian terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel, according to the US government’s oversight body responsible for monitoring American foreign assistance. The inspector general’s office for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) revealed on Friday that it found evidence showing 101 current and former UNRWA employees also operated as Hamas terrorists. The federal watchdog said it referred every individual to the US State Department for suspension or debarment from US-funded aid programs. “Among the individuals referred were UNRWA school principals, teachers, security personnel, attendants, psychosocial counselors, and medical professionals,” the USAID inspector general noted. READ MORE