INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Six European countries paused funding for the U.N
refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) on Saturday, following allegations that some of its staff were involved in the Oct
7 Hamas attacks on Israel.Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland on Saturday joined the United States, Australia
and Canada in pausing funding to the aid agency, a critical source of support for people in Gaza, after the allegations by
people.Encouraging more donor suspensions, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said UNRWA should be replaced once fighting in the enclave
allegations against a small group of staff, especially given the immediate action that UNRWA took by terminating their contracts and asking
population and has played a pivotal aid role during the war that Israel launched to eliminate Hamas after the Oct
7 attacksAnnouncing the investigation, Lazzarini said on Friday that he had decided to terminate the contracts of some staff members to
attacks, nor the nature of their alleged involvement
prosecution.During weeks of Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian enclave, UNRWA has repeatedly said its capacity to render humanitarian
