Austria is suspending payments to the United Nations' Palestinian aid agency, UNRWA, pending a full investigation into accusations that its employees were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Austrian foreign ministry said on Monday.
Alexander Schallenberg, the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria © Mena Today
Austria is suspending payments to the United Nations' Palestinian aid agency, UNRWA, pending a full investigation into accusations that its employees were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Austrian foreign ministry said on Monday.
"We call on UNRWA and the United Nations to conduct a comprehensive, swift and complete investigation into the allegations," the ministry said in a statement.
Austria joins Britain, Germany, the United States, Australia and Canada, among others, in pausing funding to the aid agency, a critical source of support for people in Gaza.
Already warned by the United Arab Emirates, Israel reportedly received a second alert about an imminent Hamas attack before October 7, 2023 — this time from Egyptian intelligence, according to a new investigation by The Atlantic.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mounted a forceful defense of Israel's actions in the region at the UN on Thursday, seeking to counter growing international isolation ahead of elections he could lose, as dozens of delegates streamed out.
Israel's army radio (GLZ) announced Thursday a "significant" reduction in the number of brigades deployed in the occupied "buffer zone" in southern Lebanon.
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