France is latest to suspend UNRWA funding amid ‘exceptionally serious’ Oct. 7 allegations

Paris says it is suspending funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA after accusations of staff involvement in the Hamas-led October 7 onslaught on southern Israel communities.
“France has not planned a new payment for the first half of 2024 and will decide when the time comes of the action to take together with the United Nations and the main donors,” the foreign ministry says, calling the allegations “exceptionally serious.”
UNRWA said on Friday it had fired several employees over the unspecified accusations about the involvement of some of its staff in the devastating attack.
Donors including the US, Germany, Britain, Italy, Australia, and Finland announced they had suspended additional funding to the agency over the accusations.