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Israel raised fresh allegations against the Palestinian aid agency UNRWA on Friday, charging that more than 30 staff members of the UN agency that provides aid to Palestinians had been involved in the October 7 attacks. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant accused them of facilitating the hostage-taking on that day and of looting Israeli communities. In addition, 1,468 – or 12% ­ – of the 13,000 UNRWA staff working in the Gaza Strip maintained links to Hamas or to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), he said. Gallant added that 185 UNRWA staff were active in Hamas’ military wing and 51 in the PIJ’s milit…

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