The chief of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) 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.

The UNRWA chief on Monday denied knowing that employee Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was a Hamas commander in Lebanon.

The leader of the Hamas terrorist organization in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, was killed in an airstrike in the Tyre area in the south of the country, Israel said on Monday. The Israeli confirmation came hours after the Gaza-based group said that he died in the attack along with several of his family members.