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UNRWA report says Israel coerced some agency employees to falsely admit Hamas links

UNRWA staff were allegedly coerced by Israeli authorities into making false statements linking the agency to Hamas, leading to funding suspension.
UNRWA denied Reuters access to interviews containing allegations and plans to share information with human rights agencies.
UNRWA reports physical and psychological impacts on Palestinians freed from Israeli detention and condemns the Oct. 7 attacks.

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Israel forced UNRWA employees to falsely admit agency links to Hamas and staff participation in October 7 incursion

Ill-treatment and abuse included severe physical beatings, waterboarding, and threats of harm to family members. As well as describing efforts to extract false confessions, they and other Palestinian detainees reported beatings, humiliation, threats, dog attacks, sexual violence and deaths of detainees denied medical treatment.

2 years ago·United States

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UNRWA: Israel forces false confessions through torture against the aid organization

2 years ago·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

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UNRWA claims: Israel coerced employees to admit Hamas ties

UNRWA report claims some of its employees who were released into Gaza from Israeli detention said they were pressured into falsely stating the agency has Hamas links.

2 years ago·Israel

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