US Stops Funding UN Organization Over Accusations of Staff Involvement in Hamas Terror Attack

The United States suspends funding for UNRWA over alleged involvement of twelve staff members in Hamas terror attack on Israel

Palestinians pass by the gate of an UNRWA-run school in Nablus in the West Bank, Aug. 13, 2018. Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters

The United States has halted funding for a United Nations body known as UNRWA over allegations that twelve of its staff members were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel that killed hundreds of civilians and triggered a major regional conflict.

“The Department of State has temporarily paused additional funding for UNRWA while we review these allegations and the steps the United Nations is taking to address them,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.