More than a dozen countries have announced they are suspending funding to UNRWA, the main United Nations Palestinian relief agency, amid allegations that 12 of the UN agency’s employees were involved in the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. Since the allegations arose, the organization fired several employees.
But main donors, including the United States, have paused their funding for an organization that employs about 13,000 people in Gaza as the humanitarian disaster spirals in the enclave.
Here's which countries have suspended their aid:
- United States
- Canada
- Italy
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- Finland
- France
- Japan
- Austria
- Romania
While other countries say they will continue to provide aid:
- Ireland
- Norway
- Turkey
- Luxembourg
- Spain