from Press TV
A US intelligence assessment has cast doubt on Israel’s accusations against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), citing the regime’s bias against the UN agency.
A National Intelligence Council (NIC) report released last week assessed with “low confidence” that a handful of UNRWA staffers had taken part in the October 7 operation launched by Hamas resistance movement against the occupying entity.
The four-page intelligence report indicated that the NIC could not independently confirm the allegations.
Earlier this year, the Israeli regime claimed that 12 employees of the UNRWA were involved in the attack.
Tel Aviv also alleged that 10% of all UNRWA’s 12,000 workers have links to Hamas.
Noting that UNRWA does coordinate with Hamas, which governs Gaza, in order to deliver aid and operate in the besieged strip, the NIC said there was a lack of evidence to suggest that the UN agency was collaborating with the resistance movement in a wider way.
The NIC report added that Israel has not “shared the raw intelligence behind its assessments with the US.”..
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