Following the lead of Céline Imart (EPP, French), thirty MEPs from the EPP, ECR and PfE groups, in a letter dated 27 January and obtained by Agence Europe, called on the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to put an end to the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), following media reports that Israeli hostages held by the terrorist organisation Hamas were being held captive on UNRWA premises.