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Following numerous Western states, Japan has also temporarily suspended its payments to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Financial support will not be continued “for the time being”, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. UNRWA works to provide humanitarian aid in Palestinian Territories. But Japan is “extremely concerned” about the alleged involvement of UNRWA employees in the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7. Several nations, including the United States, Germany and France, have previously suspended their payments to the …