Mr. Guterres has additionally requested UNRWA head, Philippe Lazzarini, to refer any workers discovered to have taken half in or “abetted what transpired” within the brutal assaults by Hamas and different Palestinian militants that day, “for potential legal prosecution.”
“The Secretary-Basic is horrified by this information,” Mr. Guterres’ Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, stated in a statement issued on Friday morning in New York, noting that the UN chief had been briefed on the allegations by the UNRWA Commissioner-Basic.
Pressing impartial evaluation
An pressing and complete impartial evaluation of UNRWA might be performed, the assertion added.
The UNRWA chief stated info had been supplied by Israeli authorities of the alleged involvement of some company employees members.
“To guard the company’s skill to ship humanitarian help, I’ve taken the choice to right away terminate the contracts of those employees members and launch an investigation so as to set up the reality at once,” Mr. Lazzarini said.
“Any UNRWA worker who was concerned in acts of terror might be held accountable, together with by way of legal prosecution,” he added.
He reiterated UNRWA’s condemnation of the phobia assaults within the “strongest attainable phrases” and referred to as once more for the instant and unconditional launch of all Israeli hostages.
Betrayal of ‘elementary values’
“These stunning allegations come as greater than two million individuals in Gaza depend upon lifesaving help that the company has been offering because the struggle started,” Mr. Lazzarini stated.
“Anybody who betrays the elemental values of the United Nations additionally betrays these whom we serve in Gaza, throughout the area and elsewhere world wide.”
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