UN says agency aiding Palestinians cannot be replaced
United Nations, United States – AFP
No organization can “replace or substitute” the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency, the UN’s coordinator for Gaza aid said on Tuesday.
Several countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan, have suspended funding to the agency.
“There is no way that any organization can replace or substitute (the) tremendous capacity, the fabric of UNRWA — (their) ability and their knowledge of the population in Gaza,” said the recently appointed coordinator, Sigrid Kaag, referring to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
UNRWA said it has acted promptly over allegations by Israel that 12 of its staff were involved in the Hamas attacks and that cuts in funding will affect ordinary Palestinians.
The UN agency has long been under scrutiny by Israel, which accuses it of systematically going against the country’s interests.
Israel has vowed to stop the agency’s work in Gaza after the war.
Israel has killed at least 26,751 people in Gaza, most of them women and children, since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, according to the health ministry in the territory.
The Hamas attack resulted in about 1,140 deaths, in southern Israel, according to an AFP tally of official figures.
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