Boost for UNRWA as UK decides to restore funding

By UN News

Jul 19, 2024 8:32 am

The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees UNRWA welcomed the decision by the United Kingdom on Friday to resume funding of the agency 'at a critical time, as the agency continues to come under harsh and unprecedented attacks'.

Sixteen countries pulled funding from the UN agency in January worth $450 million following unproven allegations from Israel that a dozen staff had been involved in the Hamas-led terror attacks on southern Israel on 7 October in which some 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage.

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