Israeli FM calls for immediate resignation of UNRWA chief

(16 Feb 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Munich - 16 February 2024 1. Wide of Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz walking up to lectern 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Israel Katz, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister: “There is no place for UNRWA in Gaza. UNRWA is a problem, not the solution. UNRWA serves as an arm of the terrorist organisation Hamas. 12 workers of UNRWA were involved in the October 7th massacre, and in the murder and kidnapping of Israelis. The UNRWA headquarter in Gaza was part of the terror organisation Hamas, including connected terror tunnels. We have plenty of evidence of involvement of UNRWA in terror activities and we will expose it to the world. I hold here the UNRWA file - where is it exactly? You hiding it! Don’t do like the UN, don’t hide it - I hold, here, the UNRWA file that we prepared to prove UNRWA’s crimes. There are other international organisations that can replace UNRWA in Gaza. I call UNRWA’s representative