Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz (pictured) urged on Sunday the "prompt resignation" of United Nations (UN) Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) discovered a Hamas underground data center and living quarters beneath the organization's headquarters in Gaza.
"The forces found a tunnel shaft near a UNRWA school. The shaft led to an underground terror tunnel that served as a significant asset of Hamas' military intelligence and passed under the building that serves as UNRWA's main headquarters in the Gaza Strip," the IDF stated. Electrical infrastructure in the tunnel was connected to the agency's headquarters.
Previously, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed in an interview with Talk TV that 13 employees of UNRWA were directly or indirectly connected to Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
