US Congress’ move to defund UNRWA responsible for 87% budget shortfall, hindering Palestinian aid

Food and other humanitarian aid supplies to Gaza have improved in April, but there is still far from enough to reverse the trend towards famine, said the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Only a handful of countries, including top donor United States, still have a block on their funds to UNRWA following Israeli accusations that members of its staff took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. UNRWA Senior Communications Manager Jonathan Fowler joins FRANCE 24's Genie Godula to discuss the 'unprecedented humanitarian crisis\" in war-torn Gaza and how the US funding ban is affecting the UN agency's operations assisting Palestinian refugees.


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