House Oversight Sets Nov. 10 Deadline for Unredacted UNRWA Files, Threatens Subpoena

Overview

• Chairman James Comer sent a letter to U.N. Secretary‑General António Guterres requesting all OIOS and UNRWA documents and communications on staff accused of assisting or participating in the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
• The committee says UNRWA and the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services withheld or redacted key information, including files on roughly a dozen employees terminated in January 2024.
• The letter demands fully unredacted investigative reports and a detailed list of every UNRWA employee examined for alleged ties to Hamas after Oct. 7.
• Comer set a Nov. 10 deadline and warned the panel could use subpoena power if the U.N. does not produce the materials.
• Citing extensive U.S. funding of the U.N. and UNRWA, the committee references intelligence alleging several UNRWA employees took part in the Oct. 7 attack and notes Trump’s February 2025 order halting U.S. funding to UNRWA.