Norway said Monday that it was increasing its funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) by 100 million kroner ($9.3 million).<\/p>\n
UNRWA, which coordinates nearly all aid to Gaza, has been in crisis since January, when Israel accused about a dozen of its 13,000 Gaza employees of involvement in the unprecedented October 7 Hamas attack that sparked the war.
\nThat prompted several countries, including top donor the United States, to suspend funding to the agency, though many have since resumed payments.
\n\u201cUNRWA is the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza,\u201d Norway\u2019s minister for international development, Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim, said in a statement.
\n\u201cThe war, accusations made by Israel, continuous attacks on the organisation and funds withheld by major donors, have put UNRWA in an extremely difficult financial situation,\u201d she said.
\nAn independent review of UNRWA, led by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, found some \u201cneutrality-related issues\u201d but said Israel had yet to provide evidence for its main allegations.
\nThe additional 100 million kroner comes on top of 275 million kroner Norway announced for the agency in February, according to the country\u2019s foreign ministry, which noted that nearly 200 of the agency\u2019s staff had been killed since the start of the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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