Trudeau won’t say if Canada will restore funding to UN relief agency in Gaza Strip

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Sixteen countries paused payments to UNRWA after Israel alleged that a dozen of the aid organization’s workers participated in the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7

“We’re not making any announcements today. But we will continue to make sure Canada does the right thing in this situation and puts the protection of civilian life at the forefront of everything we do,” he told reporters at a news conference Thursday.

That day, militants killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and took another 250 hostage, triggering a devastating war. Canada has not missed a payment since announcing the pause in funding. Its payment of $25 million for this year isn’t due until April. A pair of Liberal MPs who have been vocal about the Israel-Hamas war issued a joint statement on Thursday that recommended Canada maintain its pause on funding for the agency.

UNRWA is the main supplier of food, water and shelter there, but it is on the brink of financial collapse. “The protests become a problem when the target and location is intentionally set up to coincide with a religious affiliation,” he said in an interview prior to Trudeau’s comments Tuesday.

 

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