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2024-01-29 16:38:03 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 41A8C48970BE84709C0833363373E4E6933B50524D11EF90750DFCBF68F12769
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Israel did not cut funding for UNWRA. Israel issued a report that indicated 12 UNRWA staff members took part in the Oct. 7 attacks; this led to a pause in donations by nations that do fund UNWRA. https://www.reuters.com/world/what-is-unrwa-un-palestinian-refugee-agency-2024-01-29/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-intelligence-accuses-190-gaza-un-staff-hamas-islamic-jihad-roles-2024-01-29/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/28/which-countries-have-cut-funding-to-unrwa-and-why https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/unrwa-funding-pause-countries-israel-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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