{"id":2393506,"date":"2025-01-21T22:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T03:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freed-israeli-hostages-say-they-were-held-in-un-camp-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T22:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T03:16:28","slug":"freed-israeli-hostages-say-they-were-held-in-un-camp-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freed-israeli-hostages-say-they-were-held-in-un-camp-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Freed Israeli hostages say they were held in UN camp &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ffreed-israeli-hostages-say-they-were-held-in-un-camp-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=2393506&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>Teh content discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">news article titled<\/a> &#8220;Freed Israeli hostages say they were held\u200c in UN camp.&#8221; It includes a\u200c button for readers to click to &#8220;Read more,&#8221; indicating that \u2064additional details\u2064 about\u200b the\u200b subject are available. 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Antony Blinken: U.S. committed to Israel\u2019s security and providing humanitarian assistance to rebuild Gaza\">recent ceasefire<\/a><\/a> with Hamas have claimed they were held in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"United Nations\">U.N.<\/a> camp in Gaza.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hostages Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher, who were released from Hamas custody on Sunday, reported that they had been held in a U.N. refugee camp at some point during their captivity, <a href=\"https:\/\/13tv.co.il\/item\/news\/politics\/security\/sxlg1-904428753\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"According to\">according to<\/a> Israel&rsquo;s Channel 13. Details were not given as to what camps they were held in, when, or for how long.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tent camp for displaced Palestinians is set up amid destroyed buildings in the Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Abdel Kareem Hana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The revelation is the latest blow to the position of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which has faced attacks against its credibility throughout the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the UNRWA for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The UNRWA operates eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, established in 1948-1949 after the Israeli War of Independence. Most aren&rsquo;t recognizable as &ldquo;camps&rdquo; in the traditional sense, having developed over time into urban establishments. Several have populations numbering over 100,000 people. The majority of Gazans are registered as refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The UNRWA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/where-we-work\/gaza-strip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"clarifies\">clarifies<\/a> on its website that it doesn&rsquo;t administer or police the camps, leaving those matters to governing Hamas authorities. It employs 13,000 staff across over 300 installations to provide education, medical attention, and other humanitarian aid to locals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israel has accused some UNRWA staff members of being members of Hamas, alleging last year that 19 staffers were members of the militant group. The agency fired nine staffers after <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/08\/1152841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"finding links\">finding links<\/a> with Hamas, though they found insufficient evidence in the 10 other cases.<\/p>\n<p>Gonen, Damari, and Steinbrecher were held in captivity for 471 days. 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