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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in New York

Israel still has no proof of Unrwa terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is done

Palestinians walk with their belongings along a dusty road between destroyed buildings
Palestinians walk with their belongings past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis on 8 April. Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA

Unsupported Israeli allegations about Unrwa links to terrorism led major donors to cut $450m in funding to the main humanitarian agency working in Gaza at a time when people there were dying in droves.

Three months later, the situation has only worsened with the onset of a human-made famine on top of the bombing, the collapse of healthcare, the lack of water and a rise in epidemics. And despite a rigorous inquiry by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, supported by three well-respected research institutes, there is still no evidence for the claim that significant numbers of Unrwa employees have Hamas or Islamic Jihad ties.

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