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REMINDER ABOUT UNWRA

Top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon was UNRWA employee placed on administrative leave

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said a top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon Monday was one of its employees but had been suspended since allegations of his ties to the militant group emerged in March.

Fatah Sharif's connection to Hamas appeared set to ratchet up pressure on UNRWA, already facing a $80 million funding shortfall this year. Critics have repeatedly blasted the agency, saying it wasn't doing enough to root out Hamas militants from its ranks.

The U.N.'s internal watchdog has been investigating UNRWA since Israel in January accused 12 of its staffers of being involved in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, in which armed militants killed 1,200 people and abducted some 250 others. The allegations led more than a dozen donor countries to suspend their funding, causing an initial cash crunch of about $450 million dollars. Since then, all donor countries except for the United States have decided to resume funding the agency.

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The UNRWA teachers' union and other Palestinian groups had periodically staged protests in front of the U.N. agency's office in Beirut since Sharif's suspension, alleging it targeted him for his political stances. Earlier this month, the union staged a sit-in during a visit to Lebanon by Lazzarini, saying it awaited "positive and fair outcomes" in the case of his suspension.