Canada Redirects $40 Million in Gaza Aid, Prioritizes Other Organizations Amid UN Agency Terror Allegations

Published on January 30, 2024

Canada has recently announced an additional $40 million in aid to Gaza, redirecting its support from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to other organizations in response to allegations that some UNRWA staff members participated in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Canada’s International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen emphasized that this decision reflects Canada’s ongoing commitment to the welfare of innocent civilians caught in the conflict. “We not only worked with UNRWA, we also work with a number of organizations on the ground, and this $40 million will ensure that humanitarian aid will continue to go to the most innocent civilians on the ground,” he said Jan. 30....

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