UNRWA the target of ‘disinformation campaigns’ related to Sinwar: Lazzarini
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has hit back at what he described as “disinformation campaigns” related to the agency on X.
In a post, he stated, “Once again, unchecked information is used to discredit UNRWA [and] its staff.” “Earlier today, reports circulated on social [and] Israeli media that an UNRWA staff member was killed together with the Hamas head in Gaza,” he wrote.
“I confirm that the staff member in question is alive. He currently lives in Egypt, where he travelled with his family in April through the Rafah border,” he said, adding it was “time to put an end to disinformation campaigns”.
Earlier this year, Israel alleged that some of the agency’s staff participated in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel, leading more than a dozen international donors to suspend support. The UN launched an investigation into Israel’s accusations and dismissed nine staff, while the records of others were still being reviewed. However, most donors have since reinstated funding.
And, recently, the Israeli parliament introduced legislation that would effectively ban the organisation from operating in Israel.
No arrest warrants issued for Netanyahu, Gallant despite chief prosecutor’s request
The Israeli claim that Hamas’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, has been killed comes five months after chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
The ICC prosecutors said there are reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant – as well as Hamas leader Sinwar, military chief Mohammed al-Masri (known as Mohammed Deif), and Hamas’s late political leader Ismail Haniyeh – bear criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran’s capital, Tehran, in July in what Hamas and Iran say was an Israeli attack.
Israel has claimed to have killed Deif in an attack that killed 90 Palestinians in al-Mawasi in August, although there has not been any confirmation from Hamas.
I guess the ICC has to find some new Hamas leaders to issue warrants, got to keep both sideism going... Or they could grow some balls and issue warrants for Biden, Blinken and Scholz for complicity in genocide. Nah they'll probably never issue the warrants now. ICC is a joke, nothing but a tool of the oppressors. Karim Khan tried, but got blocked by the Israeli/US lobby.
