{"id":2165734,"date":"2024-02-02T05:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T10:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unrwa-teachers-held-israeli-boy-elderly-woman-hostage-for-hamas\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T05:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T10:08:44","slug":"unrwa-teachers-held-israeli-boy-elderly-woman-hostage-for-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unrwa-teachers-held-israeli-boy-elderly-woman-hostage-for-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA teachers held Israeli boy, elderly woman hostage for Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funrwa-teachers-held-israeli-boy-elderly-woman-hostage-for-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2165734&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Teachers for UN Palestinian Refugee Agency in Gaza Held Israeli Hostages<\/h2>\n<p>In a shocking revelation,\u200c it has\u2062 been discovered that at least \u200ctwo teachers for the U.N. Palestinian \u200drefugee agency in Gaza were involved in the captivity of Israeli civilians who were abducted on October 7. These teachers, employed by the\u200b United Nations Relief and Works Agency \u200c(UNRWA), used their positions to\u2064 carry out their sinister acts.<\/p>\n<p>One of the teachers smuggled a young boy around\u200b Gaza,\u200d using the facilities of the agency to hide him. The other teacher confined an elderly \u200cwoman in his attic, which was infested \u200cwith mice, and provided her with a meager diet that included UNRWA energy bars. After\u2062 enduring approximately 50 days in captivity, both Israelis were eventually freed by Hamas as part \u2063of a truce deal with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> has chosen to \u200dprotect \u200cthe privacy of the released hostages by withholding their names and other personal information. However, the son of the elderly woman expressed his concern about the harsh and unhygienic conditions \u2064in which his mother\u200d was\u200d kept, \u200bstating that it didn&#8217;t matter to him whether it was Hamas or UNRWA\u2063 who held her captive.<\/p>\n<h3>Ties Between UNRWA and Hamas<\/h3>\n<p>These \u200dshocking\u2063 revelations come at a time when UNRWA is facing scrutiny over its\u2063 connections to Hamas, the Islamist Palestinian \u2063terror group that has been ruling Gaza for the past 17 years. According to a declassified Israeli intelligence dossier obtained by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, Hamas exerts significant influence over UNRWA and exploits the agency&#8217;s aid, schools, and hospitals \u2064to support its terrorist activities.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials have revealed that nearly half of UNRWA&#8217;s 12,000 employees in\u2064 Gaza either work for Hamas or \u2062its affiliate Islamic Jihad, or have close relatives who do. Shockingly, it\u2063 is alleged that 13 UNRWA workers, including \u200bseven teachers, participated \u200din Hamas&#8217;s\u200d October 7 terror attack \u200bin\u2063 southern Israel, and \u2063four employees\u2064 were involved in the abduction of hostages.<\/p>\n<p>These revelations have led major donors,\u200c including the \u2064United States, to \u2064suspend funding for UNRWA. The United \u2063Nations has initiated an investigation\u2062 into \u2064the agency&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n<h3>The Horrific Conditions Faced by the Israeli Hostages<\/h3>\n<p>As Israel&#8217;s military\u200b responded to\u200b the October \u200b7 attack by bombarding Gaza, an UNRWA teacher hid the young Israeli boy within the agency&#8217;s facilities. The \u2064boy, like many other released hostages, has described \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-a-real-slap-mom-of-hamas-hostage-says-us-official-clueless-about-hamas-treatment-of-hostages\/\" title=\"WATCH: 'A Real Slap': Mom of Hamas Hostage Says US Official Clueless About Hamas Treatment of Hostages\">psychological torment inflicted<\/a> upon him by his captors, who\u2064 alternately\u2063 claimed he would be released and that Israel did not want him\u2063 back.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another UNRWA teacher held the elderly Israeli \u2064woman \u200bcaptive in his attic. The attic had a bed and a view of the Mediterranean Sea, but lacked running water and insulation. The wiring was exposed, and the space was infested with mice\u200d and cats. Nights\u2064 were bitterly cold.<\/p>\n<p>Over\u200d time, the teacher provided the woman with less and less food,\u200b until she \u200dwas only receiving one small meal per day. When she complained of hunger, he gave her UNRWA-branded\u2063 energy bars, which \u200cshe suspected were meant for Gazan school\u2064 children. The woman\u2063 also lacked access to necessary \u200dmedications and medical\u200b care in Gaza, \u200dwhich was a\u200c major concern for all the elderly Israeli hostages.<\/p>\n<p>During her nearly two-month captivity, the woman had \u200dno contact \u200cwith anyone other than the UNRWA teacher and\u2063 occasionally an armed guard. Communication was limited due to the language barrier,\u200c as the captors did not speak Hebrew or English, and the woman did not speak Arabic.<\/p>\n<p>On her last \u2064night in captivity, the woman finally encountered one \u200bof the teacher&#8217;s\u2063 daughters, who spoke some English. The daughter revealed that her father had nine other children and worked as a teacher in an UNRWA school in \u2063Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>In late \u2064November, the elderly woman and the young boy were reunited with their\u2064 families in Israel. However, more than 130 Israeli hostages \u200care believed to still be held in dire\u2063 conditions in Gaza.<\/p>\n<h3>Call for Change \u2064and Eradication\u2064 of UNRWA<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2064 United States has called for &#8220;fundamental changes&#8221; to be made to UNRWA, while Israel has reportedly determined \u200cthat the agency must be eradicated along with Hamas. \u2062A new report by the nonprofit U.N. Watch has revealed that teachers in a 3,000-member UNRWA staff Telegram group celebrated \u2063the October 7 attack, with one teacher endorsing a call for Hamas to execute the Israeli hostages.<\/p>\n<p>The shocking \u200brevelations surrounding UNRWA&#8217;s ties to Hamas and the mistreatment of Israeli hostages have sparked outrage and\u2063 demands for action. The investigation\u2064 into UNRWA&#8217;s activities and the suspension of\u200c funding by major donors mark a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-makes-woke-joke-at-naval-commencement-she-thinks-its-hysterical-they-dont\/\" title=\"WATCH: Kamala Makes Woke Joke At Naval Commencement. She Thinks It\u2019s Hysterical. They Don\u2019t.\">significant turning point<\/a>\u200b in addressing this disturbing issue.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did the\u200b Israeli hostages&#8217;\u2063 living\u2064 conditions violate their basic human rights?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  There were\u200d mice infestations. The woman was given meager food, including UNRWA energy bars, and was kept in solitary confinement for\u2064 nearly two \u2062months.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli hostages \u2062endured harsh and unhygienic \u200bconditions, with no access to\u2063 proper sanitation or medical\u200b care. They were subjected to psychological manipulation and were constantly uncertain about their fate. The conditions \u200cthey experienced were \u2063inhumane and violated their\u200b basic human rights.<\/p>\n<p>The UNRWA, as\u200d a United Nations agency, has a\u2064 responsibility to uphold \u200bthe\u2063 principles of neutrality, \u200cimpartiality, \u2063and\u200d respect for human rights. However, the involvement \u2063of\u2062 its teachers \u200din \u2064the captivity of Israeli\u2063 civilians raises serious concerns \u2064about\u200d the \u200cagency&#8217;s ability to fulfill \u2062its mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the ties between UNRWA and Hamas that have been \u200dexposed through this incident are deeply \u2062troubling. Hamas is recognized\u2062 as a terrorist organization by many countries \u2064around the world and has\u2063 been responsible for numerous attacks against Israeli civilians. \u2064The\u200d fact that members of Hamas and its affiliates\u200b are present\u2063 within UNRWA&#8217;s staff raises questions about \u2062the agency&#8217;s \u2063ability to prevent its \u200cresources from being misused for \u200dterrorist activities.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension of funding by major donors, \u2064including the United States, reflects the severity of the situation. Donors have a responsibility to ensure \u200bthat their contributions\u200d are\u200b not being used to\u2064 support terrorism or to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sec-of-state-antony-blinken-u-s-will-pay-over-200m-to-who\/\" title=\"Sec. Of State Antony Blinken: U.S. Will Pay \u2018Over 0M\u2019 to WHO\">violate human rights<\/a>. The investigation initiated by the United \u200cNations is a crucial step \u2062towards uncovering the extent of the problem and holding those responsible \u2064accountable.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the involvement of two UNRWA \u200bteachers in the captivity of Israeli\u2064 civilians is a shocking revelation that highlights serious issues within the agency. The harsh conditions faced by the hostages and the \u2063ties between UNRWA and Hamas raise questions about the agency&#8217;s ability to fulfill its mandate and protect the rights of those it serves. The\u200b investigation and the suspension of \u2063funding are necessary steps towards addressing \u2063these concerns and ensuring that such incidents\u200b are\u200b not\u2064 repeated in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two UNRWA teachers in Gaza held captive Israeli civilians abducted on Oct. 7. 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