UN Urges Support for Gaza Work After Staff Blamed in Attack
- Guterres calls allegations ‘abhorrent,’ says nine were fired
- US, UK and several other nations are pausing funding to UNRWA
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The head of the United Nations vowed decisive action against any staff in Gaza found to have taken part in October’s attack on Israel and urged nations not to withhold funding for the “desperate populations” receiving aid as the war continues.
“The abhorrent alleged acts of these staff members must have consequences,” Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Sunday, referring to the UN Relief and Works Agency. “But the tens of thousands of men and women who work for UNRWA, many in some of the most dangerous situations for humanitarian workers, should not be penalized.”