Nearly twenty countries have suspended financial aid following accusations by Israeli authorities, which have not yet provided evidence. Hamas has denounced that these countries are “engaged in a genocidal war” against the Palestinians.
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterreswill meet today in New York with key donors to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in light of the barrage of suspensions of financial aid following Israel’s accusations against some employees for allegedly being involved in the October 6 Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) attack in Israel.
“It is necessary to support the UN’s important humanitarian work, not only in Gaza, but across the region. People’s lives depend on it,” Guterres’ spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said at a news conference after being asked what message Guterres will appeal to donors.
In this sense, he indicated that UNRWA was the one who announced the investigation into the allegations against twelve of its employees – of which one has died and two are missing— out of a total of 30,000.
In this context, nearly twenty NGOs have joined together to ask governments to maintain the agency’s funding for its “crucial” work on the ground, while denouncing that the halt to its work is costing the lives of countless citizens , both in the Gaza Strip and everywhere in the Gaza Strip. the region.
Almost about twenty countries (including the United States and the United Kingdom) have suspended financial support to UNRWA following allegations by Israeli authorities, which have not yet provided evidence. Spain has distanced itself from this decision.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Joseph Borrellheld a telephone conversation with Guterres, in which he emphasized UNRWA’s “crucial” role in Gaza.
For his part, Hamas pointed out that the countries that “led by the United States” announced the suspension of their funding to UNRWA are “embroiled in a genocidal war” against the Palestinians, while stating that “the continued escalation of aggression by” The occupation and the obstruction of humanitarian aid raise important questions for the international community.”
Osama Hamdan, one of Hamas’s top representatives, has called on UNRWA to “rescind” its decision to fire Palestinian workers, saying the move is “based on the occupation narrative” and “reprehensible” and “contradicts the organization’s views disrupts’. orientation,” according to statements from the Palestinian newspaper Filastine on his Telegram channel.
“The warehouses of UNRWA have been bombed directly to bring hunger to the Palestinian people, and we have heard no complaints from the director of the agency (…) The repeated bombings of these centers, protected by international law, make us doubt the positions of silent and spectator lands,” he criticized.
Source: EITB
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