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The UK is facing legal action over its pause in funding for Unrwa, after Israel's allegations that 12 staff at the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees were involved in the 7 October attacks against Israel.
London-based law firm Bindmans has sent a pre-action letter, the first stage in a legal claim, on behalf of a British-Palestinian man whose family are in Gaza and reliant on humanitarian aid provided by Unwra.
The UK government's strategy for international development sets out four priorities, including to: provide life-saving humanitarian assistance and work to prevent the worst forms of human suffering'.
Given the catastrophic situation in Gaza, including an impending, man-made famine, the ongoing decision to cease funding to Unwra is not only morally wrong but flies in the face of that strategy."
The government knows that Unwra is the only effective means to deliver humanitarian aid, and it ought to know that it hasn't given sufficient reason on how, or why, it decided to cut funding."
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