Government follows example of US after allegations that staff took part in attacks on Israel last year
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The UK is to pause funding for the UN’s key aid agency for Palestinian refugees after allegations that several of its employees took part in Hamas’s 7 October attacks in Israel last year.
The announcement comes after the US state department said it would provide no additional funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency until the allegations were addressed. Australia, Italy and Canada also paused funding for the agency – they were later joined by the Netherlands and Finland.