Overview
- The investigation now reportedly covers more than 100 UNRWA officials for alleged links to Hamas and possible participation in the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
- Investigators have identified 14 agency employees as affiliated with Hamas and referred two additional workers for debarment from U.S. funding for 10 years.
- Deputy Inspector General Adam Kaplan is slated to brief the House Foreign Affairs Oversight and Intelligence Subcommittee on Tuesday on the office’s active cases.
- The watchdog highlights recent outcomes, including guilty pleas in a $550 million fraud scheme, indictments alleging a $650 million diversion in Kenya, and a Ukraine audit that flagged over $26 billion going to people living abroad along with duplicate payments.
- The intensifying scrutiny follows President Trump’s February 2025 order halting U.S. funding to UNRWA, as lawmakers weigh proposals to abolish or transfer USAID OIG’s functions.