UNRWA Employee and Top Hamas Commander Killed in Israeli Airstrike

Fateh Sharif, suspended from the UN agency for his political activities, was targeted in Lebanon along with his family.

Fateh Sharif, a top Hamas commander in Lebanon, was killed in an Israeli airstrike along with his wife, son, and daughter.
Sharif was also a principal at a UNRWA-run school and head of the agency's teachers' union in Lebanon.
UNRWA had suspended Sharif in March pending an investigation into his political activities and potential ties to Hamas.
Critics have accused UNRWA of failing to adequately screen its employees for connections to terrorist organizations.
The incident has intensified scrutiny on UNRWA, which is already facing an $80 million funding shortfall and calls for its dismantlement.