UN agency accuses Israel of detaining‚ coercing staffers into false confessions about ties to Hamas
Favicon 
www.allsides.com

UN agency accuses Israel of detaining‚ coercing staffers into false confessions about ties to Hamas

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Monday accused Israel of detaining and torturing some of its staffers‚ coercing them into making false confessions about the agency’s ties to Hamas. “Some of our staff have conveyed to UNRWA teams that they were forced to (make) confessions under torture and ill-treatment. These false confessions were in response to questioning about relations between UNRWA and Hamas and involvement in the 7 October attack against Israel‚” UNRWA spokeswoman...