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UK won’t say when or if it will restart aid to Gaza despite reports of famine

Aid is suspended amid allegations about UNRWA. There is no such suspension of arms exports despite evidence of genocide

By Adam Ramsay
UK won’t say when or if it will restart aid to Gaza despite reports of famine
RAFAH, GAZA - JANUARY 04: UNRWA personnel distribute flour to Palestinian families | (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The UK government still has no answers about if or when it will restart funding to the main relief agency in Gaza despite mounting reports of famine.

Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said last month it was stopping aid to UNRWA while it “reviewed” allegations from the Israeli government that 12 of the agency’s 13,000 staff had been involved in attacks on Israel in October.

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