U.S. pauses UNRWA funding as U.N. agency probes Israel’s claim that staffers participated in Oct. 7 Hamas attack
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 26, 2024
The United States government said Friday that it was temporarily pausing additional funding for UNRWA, the United Nations humanitarian agency that serves Palestinians, as the organization said it had opened an investigation into allegations from Israel that some of its staff members participated in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.
On Oct. 7, Hamas militants, designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the U.S. and the European Union, killed around 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped . . .