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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Helen Livingstone with agencies

Israel-Gaza war: aid agencies ‘outraged’ by ‘reckless’ decision to cut UNRWA funding

A Palestinian boy carries a bag of flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Rafah on Monday
A Palestinian boy carries a bag of flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Rafah on Monday. Major donors have cut finding to after Israel accused some of its workers of taking part in the 7 October attack by Hamas. Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

International aid agencies have said they are “deeply concerned and outraged” at the “reckless” decision by major donors to cut funding to a UN Palestinian aid agency after Israel accused some of its workers of taking part in Hamas’ 7 October attack.

“We are shocked by the reckless decision to cut a lifeline for an entire population by some of the very countries that had called for aid in Gaza to be stepped up and for humanitarians to be protected while doing their job,” the coalition of 21 agencies, including Oxfam, Save the Children and ActionAid, said in a statement on Monday.

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