AMMAN, 1 December 2023

 

¡°Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA has been following the traction of a post by an Israeli journalist on the social media platform X. The post claims that there is an alleged connection between an Israeli hostage held in Gaza and an Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA school teacher. The journalist did not provide more information on this claim.

¡°Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA and other entities in the United Nations have asked the journalist to provide more information on what we consider to be a very serious allegation. Despite repeated demands, the journalist has not responded.

¡°Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA requests that the journalist provides an immediate clarification of the claims, and that whoever may be able to assist us in determining the facts comes forward.

¡°In the absence of credible information to support this claim, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA requests that the journalist immediately deletes the post. Making serious allegations in the public domain, unsupported by any evidence or verifiable facts in support thereof may amount to misinformation.

¡°Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA reiterates that it takes all allegations of breach of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ principles extremely seriously and immediately investigates them. We are hence determined to find out whether the information in question is genuine or false.

¡°Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA is the largest humanitarian organization in the Gaza Strip and is currently hosting more than 1 million people in its shelters. Defamation attacks and the spread of misinformation about Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA -from any side- directly endanger the lifesaving operations of the Agency and its staff operating on the ground.

¡°These harmful and presumably gratuitous acts must stop, immediately.¡±

 

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