Occupied Alquds: Israel has thrown the International Court of Justice (ICJ) into the air as its cruel aggression continued in Gaza as more 183 Palestinians martyred.
The total number of deaths since October 7, 2023 have climbed to more than 26,000 out of which 70 percent are children and women.
On the other hand 64,000 are injured so far while hundreds of Palestinians are missing.
The UN is urging countries to keep funding UNRWA, its agency for Palestinian refugees, after some of its biggest donors suspended aid donations following accusations by Israel that some staff had been involved in the Oct 7 Hamas attack.
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), considered a lifeline for two million people in the besieged enclave, has suffered funding cuts after several of its staff were accused by Israel of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attack.
The UN on Saturday said that it had terminated nine out of 12 staff over the allegations and vowed to hold its employees accountable, but expressed its shock at the swift funding cut by several Western countries amid a humanitarian disaster in Gaza, which has been devastated by nearly four months of Israel’s aerial and ground war.
“It would be immensely irresponsible to sanction an Agency and an entire community it serves because of allegations of criminal acts against some individuals, especially at a time of war, displacement and political crises in the region,” Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA chief, said in a statement on Saturday.
The UN and Palestinian officials have called for continued funding for the agency’s “crucial work” since the announcement of the claims on Friday.
