UK Pauses Funding for UN Agency Over Claims Staff Involved in Hamas Attack

It follows the same decision by the US, Australia, Italy, and Canada. UNRWA have terminated contracts and launched an investigation after Israel’s allegations.

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

The UK is pausing its funding for the U.N.’s relief agency in Gaza over allegations that a number of its employees were involved in the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7 last year.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said the UK is “appalled” by the allegations and will review them while suspending future funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).