UNRWA's operations currently face uncertainty due to the suspension of funding by several donor countries, including the United States. These suspensions came in response to allegations of involvement by some UNRWA staff in the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel. So far, the UNRWA has initiated ...
In a statement from the Department of State, the US said it was "extremely troubled" by the allegations, and noted it has "temporarily paused additional funding for UNRWA while we review these allegations and the steps the United Nations is taking to address them". It added: "There...
In January, the organization was rocked by Israel's accusations that 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel, carried out by Hamas. It led to several countries halting contributions of approximately 440 million U.S. dollars, representing nearly half of UNRWA's...
The Israeli parliament's decision on Mondayto vote to ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, citing the alleged role of some local staff in the attack, has raised fears among Israel's Western allies that this will worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. UNRW...
Israel had informed Lazzarini of the accusations against the 12 staff members verbally, but other allegations were leaked to media that a larger number of UNRWA employees have Hamas links. NeitherIsrael nor any other official sourcehas shared with UNRWA a dossier alleging that 190 of the agency'...
Sackur pushed him further, questioning him about Israeli allegations that Hamas consistently used UNRWA facilities as cover for their activities. Lazzarini said he was concerned about the use of UNRWA property by armed Palestinian groups, but also the IDF. ...
Britain, Italy and Finland on Saturday [Jan. 27] became the latest countries to pause funding for the United Nations’ refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), following allegations its staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. ...
UNRWA is reeling from allegations that 12 of its 13,000 Gaza staff members participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel. The agency immediately fired the employees, but more than a dozen countries suspended funding worth about $450 million, almost half its budget for 2024....
The United Nations Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, denied on Saturday allegations levied by the IDF that its Jenin centers were acting as a "terror hub." "UNRWA refutes in the strongest terms the allegation that its facilities in the West Bank constitute ‘terror hubs’, an assertion made ...
including Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland, on Saturday joined the United States, Australia and Canada in pausing funding to the UNRWA after Israel accused several employees of the UN agency of suspected involvement in the Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7...