ICJ says Israel has not stood up claims Unrwa staff are Hamas

Israel has not stood up claims that significant parts of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) staff are Hamas members, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said on Wednesday.

Speaking at the court in the Hague, ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa said there was no evidence that the organisation had breached impartiality rules.

"The court considers that information before it is not sufficient to establish that Unrwa breached impartiality principles" or that it had "collaborated with Hamas as a whole," he said.