12% of UNRWA's 13,000 employees "are affiliated with Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad" This was revealed in a meeting with journalists by the Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant. "1468 employees" of the UN agency "are known to be active in Hamas and Jihad" "UNRWA - he added, the defense minister has lost legitimacy and can no longer function as a UN agency", he said.
" UNR WA - he concluded - is deeply rooted in terrorist activities".