CIA questions Israeli accusations against UNRWA. Agency plays an important role in providing relief to Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel accused 12 UNR WA employees of participating in the attacks. This accusation prompted many countries, including the United States, to cut off the funding they were granting to the agency, which has 33,000 employees. The agency dismissed two workers in Gaza against the backdrop of Israeli accusations, and announced last January the opening of an independent investigation into the Israeli accusations regarding the involvement of its workers in the Hamas attack.