Raef Ahmad is the Director of UNRWA’s Burj al-Shemali Camp in Tyre, Lebanon. Ahmad’s neutrality violations include the following:
- Attended DFLP funeral and pledged to “continue their struggle.”
- Glorified Palestinian terrorists Izzeddin al-Qassam and Ahmed Akla “Abu Ali” and proclaimed that Israel will be invaded with the “blood of the martyrs.”
Glorifies Palestinian Terrorists and as “Steadfast Martyrs”
On May 15, 2022, Ahmad was tagged in a Facebook post glorifying Palestinian terrorists Izzeddin al-Qassam, the namesake of Hamas’s Al-Qassem Brigades, and Ahmed Uqla “Abu Ali,” a Palestinian fighter born in 1910 committed to the so-called “right of return.” Ahmad endorsed the post in a comment, writing, “Return is as right as the sun. We will definitely return thanks to the steadfastness and blood of the martyrs. Glory and eternity belong to the martyrs.”
Participates in DFLP Events
On many occasions, Ahmad is seen glorifying and attending the events of the DFLP – a designated terrorist organization whose armed wing participated in the October 7th attacks and which has been fighting alongside Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The DFLP is famous for the 1974 Ma’alot Massacre in which it took hostage 115 Israelis, mainly school children, killing 27. In a February 2014 post, Ahmad venerated the DFLP, writing “Long live the glorious memory of the Democratic Front.” In a March 2014 post mourning DFLP leader Abu Fadi, Ahmed referred to the DFLP leaders as “Knights of Palestine” and wrote “We pledge to continue the struggle.”
