The United Nations had 19 cases of UNRWA employees suspected of participating in the October 7 massacre sitting on its desk. Its own Office of Internal Oversight Services — OIOS — reviewed those 19 cases and concluded that in 9 of them, the evidence was "insufficient to support" staff involvement in the terror attack.
A U.S. watchdog just found out why the evidence was "insufficient." The UN made sure it would be.
A previously unpublished December 2025 report by the U.S. Agency for International Development's independent inspector general reviewed the UN's internal probe and reached a devastating conclusion: the investigation was hamstrung from day one. UN officials placed impossibly tight restrictions on the OIOS probe, set an unreachable burden of proof, and produced findings that were — in the inspector general's assessment — ultimately useless.
The con worked like this. Set the evidentiary bar so high that Israeli intelligence linking UNRWA staff to Hamas military operations couldn't clear it. Then announce that the allegations were unsubstantiated. Then use that announcement to discredit Israel's claims and protect the agency's funding pipeline.
A Western diplomat briefed on the findings put it plainly: "What's well known here in New York is that the U.N. OIOS' investigation was a complete cover-up. They ignored the obvious, glaring linkages between UNRWA staff and Hamas. Their report gave the Secretary General cover to hide behind a so-called investigation."
The scope of what they were covering makes it worse. The USAID inspector general's office identified more than 100 current and former UNRWA employees linked to Hamas and the October 7 attacks. Not desk workers. Not bureaucrats who happened to live in Gaza. Deputy school principals who served as company commanders in Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades. Teachers who were platoon commanders. A deputy principal who was a squad leader in the Hamas Khan Younis Brigade. Staff tied to the Al-Qassam intelligence unit. Snipers. One deputy school principal served as a platoon commander in the Hamas Nuseirat Battalion and was responsible for communications during the October 7 attack itself.
The USAID OIG transmitted its findings to the State Department with a recommendation that 101 current and former UNRWA employees be suspended or debarred from participating in U.S.-funded aid programs for 10 years.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott responded: "Unfortunately, it is no surprise that another 100 UNRWA employees were determined to be involved in the barbaric Oct. 7 attack." He added that President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio "have affirmed time and time again that no State Department funding will be provided to UNRWA, which has been totally infiltrated by Hamas and terrorist sympathizers."
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has been pulling the same thread from the congressional side. His committee's investigation found that roughly 10% of UNRWA's 12,000 Gaza staff are reportedly affiliated with Islamist militant groups including Hamas. Comer wrote directly to UN Secretary General António Guterres demanding all documents related to the OIOS investigation, noting that "despite repeated U.S. oversight inquiries, UNRWA has refused to provide necessary documentation." The United States funds 22% of the UN's general budget, 25% of its peacekeeping budget, and 40% of its humanitarian budget.
So American taxpayers bankroll the largest share of the UN's operations. The UN employs people who participated in the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust — 1,400 Israelis and at least 32 American citizens murdered on October 7. And when the UN was asked to investigate its own complicity, it rigged the investigation to produce the answer it wanted.
The Grassley and Comer probes are now forcing the paper trail into the open. Western donor countries are privately reconsidering future financial commitments to UNRWA based on the American findings. The UN's preferred strategy — investigate yourself, clear yourself, move on — requires that nobody check the homework.
Somebody checked the homework.
