{"id":2356650,"date":"2024-10-18T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T15:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unrwa-rejects-allegations-one-of-its-teachers-was-killed-alongside-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T15:18:44","slug":"unrwa-rejects-allegations-one-of-its-teachers-was-killed-alongside-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unrwa-rejects-allegations-one-of-its-teachers-was-killed-alongside-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA rejects allegations one of its teachers was killed alongside Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">34<\/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-rejects-allegations-one-of-its-teachers-was-killed-alongside-hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-washington-examiner%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=2356650&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--><p>The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has publicly rejected claims that one of its teachers was killed alongside Hamas \u200cleader Yahya Sinwar, who was recently killed by\u2064 Israeli forces. Allegations surfaced\u2062 suggesting\u200d that\u200b a UNRWA worker&#8217;s passport was found near Sinwar, prompting accusations against the organization. In response, UNRWA&#8217;s Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, confirmed that the staff \u2063member \u200cin question\u2063 is alive and currently\u2062 resides in Egypt, refuting the\u2062 claims as part of a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/special-counsel-jack-smith-seeks-narrowly-tailored-gag-order-against-trump\/\" title=\"Special Counsel Jack Smith requests limited gag order on Trump.\">disinformation\u200c campaign<\/a>&#8221; aimed at discrediting the agency. Lazzarini criticized the unchecked \u200cdissemination of information that negatively impacts UNRWA and its\u200b staff, seeking an \u2063end to such misinformation. The unverified reports included\u2062 a purported photo of the worker&#8217;s expired passport, which reportedly had been stolen by Hamas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UNRWA rejects allegations one of its teachers was killed alongside Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1838674\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Nations Relief and Works Agency<\/a> is denying allegations a member of its staff was killed alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> leader Yahya Sinwar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Sinwar was killed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> forces on Wednesday, and rumors have spread alleging that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>UNRWA <\/a>worker&rsquo;s passport was found near him. The agency has rejected the reports and said the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-celebrates-demise-of-project-2025-it-will-not-end-well-for-you-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump team celebrates \u2018demise\u2019 of Project 2025: \u2018It will not end well for you\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">disinformation campaign&#038;rdquo<\/a>; smearing the organization was getting out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Once again, unchecked information is used to discredit UNRWA and its staff,&rdquo; the group&rsquo;s Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement on X.<\/p>\n<p>Lazzarini said the staff member mentioned in the reports is alive and resides in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Earlier today, reports circulated on social and Israeli media that an UNRWA staff member was killed together with the Hamas head in Gaza,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I confirm that the staff member in question is alive. He currently lives in Egypt where he traveled with his family in April through the Rafah border.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The UNRWA Commissioner-General demanded &ldquo;an end to disinformation campaigns&rdquo; in Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once again, unchecked information is used to discredit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNRWA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNRWA<\/a> &amp; its staff. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, reports circulated on social &amp; Israeli media that an UNRWA staff member was killed together with the Hamas head in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>I confirm that the staff member in question is alive. He&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNLazzarini\/status\/1847011209742356716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The allegation that a worker was found near Sinwar spread with a picture allegedly of the employee&rsquo;s passport, which showed his occupation as an &ldquo;UNRWA teacher.&rdquo; A Palestinian affairs correspondent for KAN News in Israel reported the UNRWA passport of the worker was found on Sinwar&rsquo;s body. The apparent passport expired in 2017. The correspondent suggested Hamas stole the passport.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">&#1506;&#1493;&#1491; &#1502;&#1513;&#1492;&#1493; &#1513;&#1511;&#1512;&#1492; &#1492;&#1497;&#1493;&#1501;: &#1506;&#1493;&#1489;&#1491; &#1488;&#1493;&#1504;&#1512;&#8221;&#1488; &#1513;&#1491;&#1512;&#1499;&#1493;&#1504;&#1493; &#1504;&#1502;&#1510;&#1488; &#1506;&#1500; &#1505;&#1497;&#1504;&#1493;&#1493;&#1488;&#1512; &#1506;&#1491;&#1499;&#1503; &#1513;&#1492;&#1493;&#1488; &#1489;&#1502;&#1510;&#1512;&#1497;&#1501; &#1489;&#1499;&#1500;&#1500;. &#1490;&#1501; &#1502;&#1504;&#1499;&#8221;&#1500; &#1488;&#1493;&#1504;&#1512;&#8221;&#1488; &#1488;&#1502;&#1512; &#1513;&#1492;&#1506;&#1493;&#1489;&#1491; &#1497;&#1510;&#1488; &#1502;&#1506;&#1494;&#1492; &#1491;&#1512;&#1498; &#1512;&#1508;&#1497;&#1495; &#1500;&#1502;&#1510;&#1512;&#1497;&#1501; &#1499;&#1489;&#1512; &#1489;&#1488;&#1508;&#1512;&#1497;&#1500; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LgXA31fbb0\">pic.twitter.com\/LgXA31fbb0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nurit Yohanan (@nurityohanan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nurityohanan\/status\/1847030047573414124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the UNRWA to confirm whether a worker&rsquo;s passport was found near Sinwar but received no response. The Israel Defense Forces declined to comment on that matter.<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA has been linked to having complex ties with Hamas. The organization has denied being associated with the terrorist organization, but it has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/unrwa-claims-versus-facts-february-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> delivering aid requires engaging &ldquo;with all parties&rdquo; and &ldquo;takes place solely at an&nbsp;operational&nbsp;level.&rdquo; Israel has also <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/israels-claims-unrwas-hamas-ties-put-agencys-future\/story?id=108795856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>accused<\/a> UNRWA of having members who took part in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has taken UNRWA&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-wsj-interview-ag-barr-says-no-cia-misconduct-in-trump-russia-spying\/\" title=\"In WSJ Interview AG Barr Says \u201cNo CIA Misconduct\u201d in Trump Russia Spying\">alleged ties<\/a> with Hamas seriously. In July, the IDF bombed an alleged Hamas command center the army said was set up inside an UNRWA school in Gaza. The IDF said it took &ldquo;many steps&rdquo; to mitigate harm to civilians in that case, though thousands have been killed in Gaza during the war with Hamas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sinwar&rsquo;s death, however, marked the closest the sides have been to the end of the war. President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/10\/17\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-death-of-yahya-sinwar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> Thursday that Sinwar was an &ldquo;insurmountable obstacle&rdquo; toward a settlement between Hamas and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas deputy chief Khalil al Hayya<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/hamas-says-leader-yahya-sinwar-killed-2024-10-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> confirmed<\/a> Friday that Sinwar was killed in combat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1838674\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1838674\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNRWA denies claims that a teacher was killed with Hamas leader Sinwar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2356651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zumaamericasforty578556sml-1024x683.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5609,20083,4698,42743,43199],"class_list":["post-2356650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-allegations","tag-gaza","tag-teacher","tag-unrwa","tag-yahya-sinwar"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/zumaamericasforty578556sml-1024x683.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}