# ‘UNRWA is Hamas,’ Israeli attorney warns as Oct. 7 lawsuit rocks UN agency

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- Fox News, 2026-10-06 11:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/unrwa-hamas-israeli-attorney-warns-explosive-oct-7-lawsuit-rocks-un-agency

> Israeli civil rights attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner says she filed a Jerusalem District Court lawsuit for the family of Yonatan Samerano, alleging that UNRWA workers took his body to Gaza after he was killed. The family is seeking NIS 24 million in punitive damages. The U.N. says Israel’s law removing UNRWA’s diplomatic immunity conflicts with the international legal framework governing the agency.