Apr 30, 2024, 3:31 PM

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Russian envoy slams Israel’s smear campaign against UNRWA

Russian envoy slams Israel’s smear campaign against UNRWA

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Israel’s campaign against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is an upsetting example of misinformation, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said.

"As of now, over 180 agency’s employees have been killed in the Gaza Strip which is an absolute record low for the UN,"  he said at the 46th session of the UN General Assembly Committee on Information.

The diplomat called to take urgent measures on "amending this situation around UNRWA," TASS reported.

In January, a number of countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the United States, announced they were suspending funding for UNRWA over its alleged links to the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas. 

Israel waged a genocidal war on the besieged Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas Resistance group carried out a historic operation against the occupying entity in retaliation for the regime’s intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

Israel has imposed a complete siege on the densely populated territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

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