Israel published the faces and accusations against each of the workers of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, for their alleged direct participation in the October 7 massacre. In its X account, the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) warns that it is a "partial list" of the organization's workers who worked as Hamas operatives.
Mousa El Qidra, collaborated in the kidnapping of an Israeli woman
COGAT started the listing with Mousa El Qidra. According to Israel, he "was a UNRWA school counselor and assistant to the commander of the Hamas brigade in Khan Yunis. "He collaborated in the kidnapping of an Israeli woman."
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Partial list of @UNRWA employees working as Hamas operatives and their direct involvement in the Oct. 7 massacre.Mousa El Qidra was an UNRWA school counsellor and the assistant to the Hamas Khan Yunis Brigade Com.
He assisted in kidnapping an Israeli woman.
1/8 pic.twitter.com/mdeqKoDCKA— COGAT (@cogatonline) February 25, 2024
Rami Ramadan, reception and holding of hostages
"UNRWA mathematics teacher. He also held a logistics position in the Dir al-Balah Battalion. "Rami participated in receiving and holding hostages and was also seen photographing a female hostage."
Faisel Al-Naami, collaborator in kidnapping and coordinated movement of weapons
"A UNRWA social worker and Hamas operative in the communications and combat support branch in the Nusirat battalion. "He participated in the kidnapping of a Beeri soldier and coordinated the transfers of weapons and trucks."
Abd Abu Awad, platoon commander
"UNRWA Deputy School Director and Platoon Commander in the Nuseirat Battalion. Abd was informed of the infiltration in real time, instructed to follow the developments via PTT radio and to ensure that other relevant agents did the same."
Mohammad El Ghafari, Hamas squad commander
"Arabic teacher who served as a Hamas squad commander in the Nuseirat battalion. On October 7, he received an SMS in which he was asked to report to the meeting point prior to the infiltration, along with logistical preparations."
Ali Isa Hamuda Matar, terrorist platoon commander
"UNRWA professor who was also a Hamas platoon commander in the Nuseirat battalion. "He received an SMS calling him to report to the meeting point before the infiltration."
Shadi Mohammad Jamal Razak Darabiah, logistical preparations
"A school assistant who was also a Hamas operative in the East Jabalia Battalion. "On October 7, he received an SMS asking him to report to the meeting point prior to the infiltration, along with logistical preparations."
Ala Abd Al-Hamid Qassem Jouda
Professor of Arab religion at UNRWA who was also a Hamas company commander in the Nuseirat battalion. He was detained in Israeli territory.
Survivors of 7-O denounce AP for hiring photographers "embedded with terrorists"
A group of survivors of the October 7 massacre and relatives of those kidnapped filed a complaint against AP in Florida. The letter accuses the agency of "complicity with the terrorist organization" Hamas for hiring freelance photographers accused of secretly assisting the terrorist attack, who seemed to know the terrorists' plans in advance.
There is no doubt that AP’s photographers participated in the October 7th massacre, and that AP knew, or at the very least should have known, through simple due diligence, that the people they were paying were longstanding Hamas affiliates and full participants in the terrorist attack that they were also documenting.
AP denied the allegations in statements by AP vice president of corporate communications Lauren Easton, reported by The New York Post: "The first pictures AP received from any freelancer show they were taken more than an hour after the attacks began. No AP staff were at the border at the time of the attacks, nor did any AP staffer cross the border at any time."
