The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says a top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon Monday was one of its employees but had been suspended since allegations of his ties to the militant group emerged

Philippe Lazzarini, denied knowing that Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, an UNRWA employee, was a Hamas commander. El-Amin was killed in an Israeli strike. Lazzarini called for states to resist Israeli attacks on the agency,

The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) chief on Monday denied knowing that its employee Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was a Hamas commander in Lebanon and called on states to push back against Israeli attacks on the agency.