UNRWA chief says he did 

not know a suspended 

teacher was Hamas’s 

leader in Lebanon

‘What’s obvious for you today, was not obvious yesterday,’ says Lazzarini after Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin killed in IAF raid; says Israel harming UNRWA’s reputation

 GENEVA — The head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) on Monday denied knowing that its employee Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was a Hamas commander in Lebanon, and called on states to push back against Israeli attacks on the agency’s reputation.

The head of Hamas’s Lebanon branch, Abu el-Amin, was killed along with family members in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the Palestinian terror group said on Monday. A statement from the terror group identified him as a “successful teacher and excellent [school] principal.”

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[UNRWA chief Philippe] Lazzarini, who briefed the press after meeting with UN member states earlier on Monday, said he asked them to “push back on all the reputation attack on the agency and the ongoing drafting of bills which could be adopted in Jerusalem.”

You don't have to worry about your reputation, Phil.

He was referring to a move by Israeli parliament to declare the organization a “terrorist body,” which has already received preliminary approval. Such a move would be “absolutely unconscionable,” he added.

Sounds like a good idea!