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After the US, Australia, UK, Japan & Germany; New Zealand joins the list of countries that have suspended their funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.The UN agency, considered a lifeline for two million people in the besieged enclav

After the US, Australia, UK, Japan & Germany; New Zealand joins the list of countries that have suspended their funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. The UN agency, considered a lifeline for two million people in the besieged encla

Several key donor countries to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees have halted their funding, following accusations by Israel that several UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas's October 7 attack. UNRWA has fired staffers accused of a role in the Israel at

Several countries, including Canada, have cut funding to the United Nations relief program for Palestinians after accusations that some workers had links to the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. The reduced funding is expected to make aid in Gaza more precarious.

The head of the UN Refugee Agency for Palestinians said Saturday that several countries' decisions to suspend funding over Israeli allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel was shocking, urging them to reverse course.

The US has temporarily paused funding for UNRWA after allegations that 12 employees may have been involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. “There must be complete accountability for anyone who participated in the heinous attacks of October 7,” a US s

“The Israelis have been trying to sort of denigrate UNWRA for many, many years because they didn't like them working in Gaza.” According to Israel and the IDF, 12 members of the UN's Gaza aid group participated in Hamas's 7 October attack. Former national