The European Union’s top humanitarian aid official said on Thursday he had seen no evidence from Israel to back its accusations against staff from the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which should continue playing a “critical” role in Gaza. UNRWA, which provides aid and services to Palestinian refugees in Gaza and across the region, has been in crisis since Israel accused a dozen of its staff of involvement in the 7 October Hamas attacks against Israel which killed around 1,200 people, with more than 250 being taken captive. The allegations prompted UNRWA’s biggest donor, the United Stat…