(MENAFN) A United Nations agency said on Sunday it was suspending a Gaza staffer accused of being politically active in the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the coastal strip. The UN agency said it was conducting an internal investigation into the claims.
UNRWA, the UN agency in charge of Palestinian refugees, said the decision had already been made ahead of an Israeli call earlier on Sunday to fire Suhail al-Hindi, head of the agency's staff union.
"Before that communication, and in light of our ongoing independent internal investigation, we had been presented with substantial information from a number of sources which led us to take the decision this afternoon to suspend Suhail al-Hindi, pending the outcome of our investigation," UNRWA spokeswoman Chris Gunness wrote.
COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry agency responsible for civilian affairs in the Palestinian territories, said that al-Hindi was appointed to the militant group's leadership in a 13 February internal election.
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