UK Pauses Funding for UN Agency Over Claims Staff Involved in Hamas Attack

The UK is pausing its funding for the U.N.’s relief agency in Gaza over allegations that a number of its employees were involved in the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7 last year. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said the UK is “appalled” by the allegations and will review them while suspending future funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). It comes after the UNRWA said it had sacked several of its employees in Gaza suspected of taking part in last year’s assault by Hamas and other terrorists on southern Israel. The United States—the agency’s biggest donor—Australia, Italy, and Canada have also suspended funding to the agency....