White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby hits back at a reporter who suggests that the US should rethink its support for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA amid longstanding reports that its facilities are being used by Hamas terrorists.
Kirby in a press briefing says UNRWA does “important work.”
“In fact, they’re doing a lot of the heavy lifting right now in terms of trying to get food, water and medicine to the people of Gaza all down the Strip… and are doing it very much in harm’s way,” Kirby says.
“You can’t hold them accountable for the depredations of Hamas and the way Hamas uses civilian infrastructure, including hospitals as command and control centers, for storage of weapons, for the holding of hostages,” he continues.
“I’ll let the UN speak to their agency and what alarms they want to raise or not,” Kirby adds.
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