In response to the US administration halting funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency following as of yet unproven accusations that several of the agency employees took part in Hamas’s 7 October attack, a group of Democrats in the US Senate are urging for the reinstatement of funding to UNRWA and generally increase humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The initiative, announced earlier this month, is being led by Senators Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Chris Coons of Delaware and Jeff Merkley of Oregon. In their letter, they emphasise the severity of the …