The Hamas leader killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on Monday was an employee of UNRWA, the terror-linked United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants.
The NGO U.N. Watch earlier this year highlighted Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin’s involvement with UNRWA, including his role as the principal of the UNRWA-run Deir Yassin Secondary School in El-Buss and head of the UNRWA teachers’ union in Lebanon, overseeing 39,000 students in 65 schools.
According to UNRWA, Abu el-Amin was suspended without pay in March for three months for violating regulations and was investigated over his political activities.
Dozens protested outside the UNRWA offices in Beirut following the suspension.
In a presentation to the Dutch parliament in The Hague in June, U.N. Watch criticized UNRWA for not firing Abu el-Amin. The NGO noted that Abu el-Amin openly praised Hamas terrorism, including the Oct. 7 massacre, writing on Facebook on the day of that attack that “God is the greatest, God is the greatest.”
