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The head of the UN refugee agency for Palestinians said Saturday that several countries’ decisions to suspend funding over Israeli allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel was shocking, urging them to reverse course. “These decisions threaten our ongoing humanitarian work across the region including and especially in the Gaza Strip,” Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement. Several key donor countries to UNRWA announced Saturday they would halt their funding to the agency. UNRWA has fired several staff over Israel’s accusations, promising a thorough inves…

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