Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced on Friday the details of 12 UNRWA employees who are members of Hamas and participated in the October 7 massacre.
Gallant told reporters that Israel has intelligence that more than 30 of the organization's employees actively participated in the murder spree, assisting in the kidnapping of civilians and soldiers.
He presented data, according to which 12% of the 13,000 UNRWA employees are connected to terrorist organizations in Gaza, and 1,468 of the employees are even active in them.
Gallant presented a video to the reporters taken by security cameras at the Erez crossing on October 7, in which you can see how the medics of the Palestinian "Red Crescent" helped to evacuate a wounded Nukhba terrorist.
Everyone, please meet the Nazi terrorist supporters of the Red Crescent:They won't help kidnapped Jewish victims, men, women, kids, and babies in captivity, but they mist certainly will provide aid for terrorists heading to mass slaughter Jews.WATCH https://t.co/lRYKrjXdF9 pic.twitter.com/jh9NnDlATc
— Adam Albilya - אדם אלביליה (@AdamAlbilya) February 16, 2024
The UNRWA employees hold various innocuous positions in the organization from social worker to school counselor, to maths teacher.
With regard to the video circulating showing a wounded fighter receiving medical assistance, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) affirms that the medical team and the ambulance shown in the video are not of PRCS. The PRCS teams and volunteers are committed to abiding by…
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 16, 2024
The Palestine Red Crescent (PRCS) responded to Gallant's claims and to the video saying that the people visible in the video were not part of a PRCS medical team, but that PRCS said that medical treatment is a right for everyone.