A teacher with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reportedly held an Israeli hostage taken captive by Hamas on Oct. 7 in an attic.

The teacher, a father of 10 children, kept the hostage for almost 50 days, barely provided food, and neglected the hostage’s medical needs, Israeli Channel 13’s Almog Boker reported Wednesday. A Gazan doctor also held another hostage, according to Boker.

A spokeswoman for the UNRWA acknowledged the allegations but declined to comment.

[I haven’t seen this widely reported, and the sourcing for this is not clear from the link the FB provides. If so, though, it would utterly destroy the UN’s claims of neutrality in Gaza and should force their permanent withdrawal. And in fact, it would make the UNRWA a party to the conflict. — Ed]