Australia Pauses Aid to UN in Gaza Over Alleged Hamas Involvement

The United States, the United Kingdom, and several other nations have also paused funding to the United Nations body.

Displaced Gaza residents sit on benches as they wait outside a clinic of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 28, 2024. AFP via Getty Images

Australia has suspended funding to a United Nations relief agency amid allegations employees were involved in the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7.

The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Finland, Japan, and Netherlands are among nations that have also paused aid.