How will UN emerge from crisis after claims UNRWA members took part in Oct 7 attack against Israel?

A man walks past a facility of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on January 30, 2024. At least 12 countries -- with top donors the United States and Germany joined by New Zealand on January 30 -- have suspended their funding to UNRWA over Israeli claims that some of its staff members were involved in the October 7 attack. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

The UN chief ordered an immediate investigation into the claims but noted that UNRWA’s work in Gaza has never been more urgent.

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LONDON - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on countries not to stigmatise an international humanitarian organisation, after allegations

that several of its employees had taken part in the deadly Oct 7 attack

against Israel by Hamas militants plunged it into a severe crisis.

The United States suspended its payments to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and

more than a dozen other nations followed suit.

How will UN emerge from crisis after claims UNRWA members took part in Oct 7 attack against Israel?

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