UNRWA staffer killed in West Bank raid was hurling explosives at troops

"The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday that one of its employees was killed this week during an Israeli raid in the West Bank.

UNRWA identified the slain employee as Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad, who ‘worked as a sanitation laborer’ in the northern West Bank’s Fara’a camp and ‘is survived by his wife and five children.’...

The Israel Defense Forces later said Jawwad was throwing explosives at troops in the camp and was a known terror operative, issuing an English language statement accusing the agency of ‘not telling the full story.’

IDF spokesperson Nadav Shoshani said that during an operation in Fara’a, a suspect was identified hurling explosive devices that posed a threat to the forces operating in the area. IDF troops opened fire toward him to remove said threat, and he was killed.

‘The terrorist was subsequently identified and it was discovered he is also an UNRWA employee named Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad. It should be noted that after receiving his details, it was found that the terrorist was known to Israeli security forces and he had been complicit in additional terrorist activities,’ Shoshani said.

‘This is yet another example of an UNRWA employee taking active part in terrorist activities against Israel, as has been proven in several other cases in the past, including employees who participated in the October 7 massacre,’ he said..."