American Military News by Timothy Frudd October 16, 2023
President Joe Biden’s State Department approved a substantial aid package worth $75 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on October 3, just days after the U.S. intelligence community warned of growing concerns about escalating rocket attacks by Hamas, according to reports.
According to The Daily Caller, Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed off on the aid package despite objections from Republican officials who argued that UNRWA had been co-opted by Hamas to facilitate terrorism and radicalism, as reported by Haaretz on October 4.
The concerns were exacerbated by a U.S. intelligence assessment on September 28, which indicated that Hamas was preparing to intensify missile attacks targeting Israel, CNN reported.
The aid package, as mentioned in a UNRWA U.S. arm’s X post on October 3, was intended to provide food assistance to people in the Gaza Strip. However, critics have argued that UNRWA has a history of affiliations with Hamas and other anti-Semitic elements.
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