One of the hostages, recently released from Gaza, revealed on Wednesday that he was held for nearly 50 days in an attic by a teacher from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

The story was publicized on X by Channel 13 journalist Almog Boker.

The hostage also said that the teacher who held him captive was a father of 10 children. He had barely been provided food or medical attention, and was locked away by the teacher, he said.

  • @5BC2E7@lemmy.world
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    102 years ago

    Unrwa has been caught paying teachers to teach gazN children to hate israel. They had to fire 6-7 recently because they caught them on video.

  • @TheMightyHUG@sh.itjust.works
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    42 years ago

    I’m perfectly ready to believe that among the many people who work for UNRWA, there are some with Hamas. However, UNRWA as an organization does not serve Hamas or their goals, and I’d need some damn good evidence to believe otherwise.

    • @JoeHill@lemmy.world
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      262 years ago

      …the hostage’s statements after 8 weeks in captivity is not enough for you? What would satisfy you?

      The claim isn’t “Lasers shot out of his eyes” or something sensational. The claim is “My jailer was a teacher with 10 kids who is paid by the United Nations in his dayjob.” Why does that statement require extraordinary levels of proof?

        • @JoeHill@lemmy.world
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          132 years ago

          That’s not an answer to my question: what evidence would satisfy you?

          The testimony of a survivor is not an “opinion piece built on assumptions.” Would you say that a rape survivor’s account is an “opinion piece built on assumptions” if reported in the press?

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          It’s a opinion piece built on assumptions.

          It’s neither classified nor labeled as an opinion piece. On jpost.com those have /opinion/ in the url. Example.