Gaza: Suspending UNRWA Aid Risks Hastening Famine

(New York) – Governments should continue funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), given its vital role in averting a humanitarian catastrophe and the risk of famine in the Gaza Strip, while the agency investigates allegations that 12 of its staff were involved in the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks in southern Israel, Human Rights Watch said today. UNRWA, the largest relief organization in Gaza, has cautioned that, unless funding is

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