The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has defended the reputation of the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refugees amid major funding cuts and Israel’s continuing restrictions on aid to Gaza. UNRWA has been hit hard by funding cuts, particularly from the US, after Israel said a small number of its staff co-operated with Hamas in its October 7 attack on Israel. “We must strive to keep the one-of-a-kind services that UNRWA provides flowing because that keeps hope flowing,” Mr Guterres told reporters at Al Wehdat refugee camp in eastern Amman.
