Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Elise Stefanik released the below statement following reports that a subterranean data center belonging to Hamas had been discovered under the United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) headquarters in the Gaza Strip.
"Joe Biden chose to reverse President Trump’s decision to cut off U.S. taxpayer dollars to UNRWA and we are once again seeing the devastating consequences of this horrific decision. Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists built an entire underground command center directly below UNRWA’s headquarters in Gaza. There is no way that UNRWA did not know about these Hamas tunnels, and they must be held accountable for their role in aiding Hamas in carrying out the barbaric October 7th terrorist attack against Israel. The Biden Administration must permanently cut off all U.S. funding to UNRWA, revoke UNRWA’s tax exempt status, and immediately conduct rigorous oversight of all U.S. money being sent to the UN."
