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The head of the UN refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) has said the decision by nine countries to pause funding for the aid agency is “shocking”.<\/p>\n

The suspension of funding<\/strong> by countries including the UK and US followed allegations UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“These decisions threaten our ongoing humanitarian work across the region including and especially in the Gaza Strip,” commissioner general Philippe Lazzarini said.<\/p>\n

Follow live: ‘Ironclad’ intel shows UN agency staff links to Hamas<\/strong><\/p>\n

“UNRWA is the primary humanitarian agency in Gaza, with over two million people depending on it for their sheer survival,” Mr Lazzarini said.<\/p>\n

“Some 3,000 core staff out of 13,000 in Gaza continue to report to work, giving their communities a lifeline which can collapse anytime now due to lack of funding,” he added.<\/p>\n

He suggested UNRWA would be “forced to suspend its humanitarian response” if funding was not reinstated.<\/p>\n

On Friday the agency said it had opened an investigation into several employees and severed ties with those people.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the allegations, the Foreign Office said it was “temporarily pausing any future funding of UNRWA whilst we review these concerning allegations”.<\/p>\n

It said it was “appalled” by the claims, adding: “We remain committed to getting humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza who desperately need it.”<\/p>\n

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Israeli senior adviser says 12 UN members just the ‘tip of the iceberg’<\/span>
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It comes after a senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> said there was “documented, clear and ironclad” information showing 12 UNRWA staff members were part of the Hamas force that broke into Israel and killed 1,200 civilians.<\/p>\n

Mark Regev said a lot of the information that led to the accusations was shared by Hamas on social media.<\/p>\n

“Hamas went live on social media and boasted a lot of the material, so you actually see the faces and the people involved in a lot of the crimes,” he told Sky News.<\/p>\n

Mr Regev added the alleged UNRWA staff involvement in Hamas’s operations was “not an aberration” and that this investigation was “just the tip of the iceberg”.<\/p>\n

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has said UNRWA should be replaced once fighting in the enclave dies down.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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