Families of those killed in Hamas’s October 7 attack inside Israel have sued the United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees, alleging UNRWA facilitated the unprecedented bloodshed, according to court documents, AFP reports.

The lawsuit alleges that “UNRWA… spent over a decade prior to the October 7 Attack helping Hamas build up the terror infrastructure and personnel that were necessary to carry out the October 7 Attack”.

It did so “by knowingly providing Hamas with the US dollars in cash that it needed to pay smugglers for weapons, explosives, and other terror materiel.”

An independent review of UNRWA, led by French former foreign minister Catherine Colonna, found some “neutrality-related issues” but said Israel had yet to provide evidence for its main allegations.

Agency chief Philippe Lazzarini, who is named as a defendant in the legal action, has previously said Israel “must stop its campaign against UNRWA”.