Nine staff members working for the UN's aid agency for Palestinian refugees have been fired after an investigation found they may have been involved in Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel, Paralel.Az reports citing SKY News.

The possible involvement of some UNRWA workers in the attack has been investigated since January, when Israel raised the allegations against the main aid agency in war-torn Gaza.

The UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services said it found sufficient evidence pointing to nine employees' potential involvement in the 7 October attack, which saw Hamas militants enter southern Israel to kill 1,200 people and take 250 more hostage.

The investigators reviewed internal UNRWA information, including staff records, email and other communications data to reach their conclusion.

The UN watchdog said it also drew on evidence provided by Israeli authorities, but as it didn't get direct access to it, the agency couldn't corroborate the claims independently.

UNRWA - which denies collaborating with Hamas - said more than 200 of its staff members have been killed.

The agency previously fired 12 workers and put seven others on administrative leave without pay over the claims about their possible involvement in the 7 October attack.