Ministry for Diaspora Affairs | October 2024

Involvement of UNRWA Employees in the October 7 Events 87 According to IDF estimates, about 2,000 UNRWA employees are members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad (-hundreds of which are active in the military wing of Hamas and Islamic Jihad). In addition, according to an IDF investigation, about more than a dozen UNRWA employees participated in Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7. In November 2023, the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) published a study that revealed the direct connection between the content taught in UNRWA school textbooks and the massacres of October 7. The study detailed the profiles of 18 Hamas terrorists who were graduates of UNRWA schools, providing evidence from Hamas’s website that confirmed their deaths following terrorist activities they carried out. Moreover, the study also indicated that, according to Hamas sources, over 100 members of the organization had graduated from the UNRWA educational system. 88 massacre. Here are some notable examples: Afaf Taleb – Teacher at a UNRWA school in Gaza On October 23, 2023, he wrote in a post: “ Allah, punish them as they deserve, turn their actions into their destruction, O Allah, destroy the Jews and their supporters, Amen. ” additionally, his Facebook page featured a profile and cover photo of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades operative Sohail Farid, who was killed in Gaza in 2014. 89 Additionally, there were many documented cases where UNWRA teaching staff expressed support for the Hamas

Sarah Al-Darawi – English teacher at a UNRWA school in Gaza On 10/7/2023, she shared a post with video clips showing Hamas militants firing at Israeli cars and residential buildings in Israel that were destroyed by rocket strikes. The video features a Quranic quote (Surah 27, Ayah 37): “Return to them, and we will bring against them soldiers they cannot withstand, and we will expel them, humiliated and disgraced.” 90

QR code for the video shared by the UNRWA employee from October 7, 2023 Ranoosh Salah – Teacher at a UNRWA school in Gaza On October 7, 2023, she praised the massacre events and wrote on Facebook: “This is a glorious morning that will not be forgotten 7/10/2023. May Allah bless the youth of Gaza.” 91

87 See the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs report and the Fight Against Antisemitism, April 2024 https://digitaler.cld.bz/ministry-of-diaspora-unrwa 88 https//:www.impact-se.org/wp-content/uploads/UNRWA-Education-Textbooks-and-Terror-Nov.2023-pdf 89 https//:www.facebook.com/teather.afaf/posts/pfbid02KJxEQ4vAhF9wvsDCrLjKJ9WPiTZXqc1J6ojH1n9AxfR25ZegExe7xfTK1kUcmSh5l 90 https://www.facebook.com/sara.alderawi/posts/pfbid026vgGFtPLy2wivZByiJBWNMGH4h4hz1Q669BGxsuetj23AzYv18AXNeoxBdTgVb1Xl 91 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_ fbid=pfbid0G4tpgJARUVHqR3kfZw6dfJyZNPQkdMPiXy2KzL6KBceQ7Kbhg5uMzup78uD55YQGl&id=100007228874296

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