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Julian Borger in New York

Israel has yet to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links, Colonna report says

A boy drags bags of flour in a plastic crate along a street followed by a man carrying flour bags on a bike. Behind are other people collecting flour, a mosque and residential buildings.
Palestinians carry away flour distributed by Unrwa in Rafah, Gaza, late last year. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of its claims that employees of the UN relief agency Unrwa are members of terrorist organisations, an independent review led by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna has said.

The Colonna report, which was commissioned by the UN in the wake of Israeli allegations, found that Unrwa had regularly supplied Israel with lists of its employees for vetting, and that “the Israeli government has not informed Unrwa of any concerns relating to any Unrwa staff based on these staff lists since 2011”.

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