Middle East crisis: UK suspends support for UN’s Gaza aid agency after staff accused of involvement in Hamas attack on Israel – as it happened
by Maya Yang (now); Amy Sedghi and Christine Kearney from World news | The Guardian on (#6J5YH)
The blog is now closed, but please see more coverage of the situation in the Middle East here:
- UK to pause funding for key UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees
- ICJ's Gaza decision shores up rules-based order and puts west to test
- UK reserves right to respond' after oil tanker set alight off Yemen
Hamas said in a statement that Israel is on a campaign of incitement" against UN agencies delivering aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, reports Al Jazeera.
The news organisation said the statement highlighted an Israeli accusation of collusion" between the World Health Organization (WHO) and Hamas, which the UN agency rejected on Friday.
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