Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares stated his nation will give an additional 20 million euros ($21.88 million) in humanitarian help to the U.N.’s refugee company for Palestinians (UNRWA).
This can be on high of the three.5 million euros the nation has already pledged in February.
The new funds are aimed toward “supporting the organization in its humanitarian work in Gaza and meeting the food, education and health needs of the nearly 6 million Palestinian refugees in the region,” Albares stated after assembly UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini in Madrid.
Several nations, together with the United States and Britain, paused their funding to UNRWA after Israel’s unfounded allegations {that a} dozen of its 13,000 workers in Gaza took half within the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel. Israel made the claims proper after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to stop acts of genocide in Gaza following a case launched by South Africa.
Other nations, equivalent to Ireland and Norway, have welcomed an investigation into the allegations however stated they might not reduce off assist.
The Israeli accusations usually are not the primary of their sort. Since the beginning of the Gaza battle, Israel has accused UNRWA staff of working for Hamas in what it thought-about a “justification” for attacking U.N. faculties and amenities within the strip, which homes tens of hundreds of displaced individuals, in response to some analysts.
The UNRWA has fired a dozen individuals and promised an intensive investigation into the claims, which weren’t specified, whereas Israel has vowed to cease the company’s work in Gaza after the battle.
Source: www.dailysabah.com