Austria, Japan decide to suspend funding for UNRWA.

Austria, Japan decide to suspend
funding for UNRWA.

International News Desk

According to global Times news Agency Europe, Austria is suspending payments to the United Nations’ Palestinian aid agency, UNRWA, pending a full investigation into accusations that its employees were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Austrian foreign ministry said on January 29, The Global Times Europe informs.We call on UNRWA and the United Nations to conduct a comprehensive, swift and complete investigation into the allegations,” the ministry said in a statement.
Austria joins Britain, Germany, the US, Australia and Canada, among others, in pausing funding to the aid agency, a critical source of support for people in Gaza.Japan is also suspending its additional funding to a UN agency for Palestinian refugees in response to alleged involvement by some of its staff members in the October 7 attack by Hamas militants on Israel.