UN Immediately Began Probing Allegations Linking Staff to Hamas, Official Says

People attend a demonstration demanding the release of the hostages taken by Hamas militants during the Oct. 7 attack, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 27, 2024. Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip walk through a makeshift tent camp in Rafah on Jan. 27, 2024.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement Sunday that an investigation by the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services was "immediately activated," following allegations that 12 staff members of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, the organization’s Palestinian refugee agency, were involved in the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel.