Report: More Than 100 UNRWA Staffers Referred for Debarment Over Hamas Links
8th June 2026
he Trump administration has referred more than 100 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for suspension and debarment after investigators alleged they participated in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel or were members of Hamas-linked militant groups.
The report issued Friday by the USAID Office of Inspector General, the office overseeing U.S. foreign assistance programs, recommends that 101 individuals be placed on a governmentwide exclusion list barring them from participating in U.S.-funded foreign aid projects for 10 years.
According to the report, those identified included “UNRWA school principals, teachers, security personnel, attendants, psychosocial counselors, and medical professionals” who were found to be members of Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades or other militant organizations.
Among those cited were a “deputy school principal serving as an al-Qassam deputy company commander in the Ain Gallout/5th infantry battalion” and a “math and computer teacher” with “ties to an Al-Qassam intelligence squad.”