UNRWA accuses “Israel” of torturing its staff to establish their Hamas affiliation

GAZA, March 05 (YPA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) accused the Israeli occupation of torturing a number of its employees, whom it arrested during the war it has been launching on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.

In a statement issued Tuesday, UNRWA said that its employees “spoke of horrific events during their arrest and interrogation by the occupation authorities, as these reports included severe ill-treatment, torture, assault, and sexual exploitation.”

The agency confirmed that a number of its employees were forced to make confessions under torture and ill-treatment during their investigation and interrogation regarding the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.

It added that the Israeli occupation authorities took these forced confessions under torture to use them to spread misleading information about the agency as part of their attempts to dismantle UNRWA.

The agency warned that this puts its employees in the Gaza Strip at risk and has serious consequences for its operations in Gaza and the entire region.