Middle East

Several countries suspend UNRWA funding over claims staff were involved in Hamas attack

Tánaiste Micheál Martin says State has no plans to suspend agency funding as battles rage in Gaza

Displaced Palestinians gather amid tents flooded by heavy rain, at a makeshift camp set up by people who fled the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Getty Images
Displaced Palestinians gather amid tents flooded by heavy rain, at a makeshift camp set up by people who fled the ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas militants, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Getty Images
Nidal al-Mughrabi
Fadi Shana
Sat Jan 27 2024 - 14:55 • 4 MIN READ

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