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Israel's PM calls for closure of UN Palestinian refugee agency

By IANS | Updated: February 1, 2024 07:10 IST

Jerusalem, Feb 1 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the closure of the United Nations Relief ...

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Jerusalem, Feb 1 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the closure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), amid allegations of some UNRWA employees' involvement in the deadly Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

"The time has come for the international community and the UN itself to understand that UNRWA's mission must be ended," Netanyahu told UN ambassadors from eight countries, who were visiting Jerusalem, on Wednesday.

The US and at least 10 other countries have suspended funding to UNRWA after Israel accused about "a dozen of its workers of participating in the October 7 attack" that killed around 1,200 in Israel, Xinhua news agency reported.

UNRWA employs about 13,000 people in the Palestinian Gaza Strip which has faced a humanitarian crisis since Israel's massive airstrikes in response to the Hamas attack.

The Gaza-based Health Ministry said Wednesday that the strikes killed at least 26,900 Palestinians and wounded 69,950 others.

--IANS

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