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International aid agencies have said they are “deeply concerned and outraged” at the “reckless” decision by major donors to cut funding to a UN Palestinian aid agency after Israel accused some of its workers of taking part in Hamas’ 7 October attack.

“We are shocked by the reckless decision to cut a lifeline for an entire population by some of the very countries that had called for aid in Gaza to be stepped up and for humanitarians to be protected while doing their job,” the coalition of 21 agencies, including Oxfam, Save the Children and ActionAid, said in a statement on Monday.

More than 10 western countries including the US, UK and Germany said they would suspend funding to UNRWA, which provides aid to more than 5.6 million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East, after the agency said it had launched a probe into 12 staff members who allegedly took part in abductions and killings on 7 October.

The agency has sacked nine of those accused. Two others are missing and one is dead. The UN in New York has also launched a high-level investigation into the alleged acts, which its secretary general, António Guterres, described as “abhorrent”.

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[–] lescher 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Hamas leadership is worth billions, surely they will step up to provide for their people

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Maybe Israel should stop the suitcases of cash?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Uh... Gaza is under blockade (currently a full-blown siege). Israel is the bottleneck here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You are right, the generous Hamas leaders would step in for countries like US and Germany for paying UNWRA without the siege

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Without the siege UNRWA would not be needed.

The existance of UNRWA itself is because the Palestinians are locked inside of an open air prison. And all their basic needs such as water treatment facilities keep getting bombed by israel.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They did tear down a wall blocking food to Palestine three months ago. Are you asking them to do it again?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago