RIYADH: A Saudi-funded humanitarian company pledged on Wednesday (Mar 20) to spice up the dominion’s funding to the UN Palestinian refugee company (UNRWA) by US$40 million, in response to an announcement.
The donation by the King Salman Humanitarian Assist and Aid Middle (KSrelief), which is devoted to Gaza, comes as UNRWA faces a extreme funding crunch after the USA and Britain paused help following Israel’s accusations {that a} dozen of its 13,000 workers in Gaza took half within the Oct 7 Hamas assault on the nation.
UNRWA manages shelters, and supplies meals and healthcare for almost 2 million folks in Gaza, in response to its web site.
A UN-backed report warned on Monday that northern Gaza confronted imminent famine as international stress mounts on Israel to permit extra humanitarian assist into the enclave of two.3 million folks.
Canada, Australia, and Sweden have not too long ago restored funding to UNRWA, whereas a number of Gulf nations, along with Saudi Arabia have elevated funding.
However that also might not be sufficient. “The US is our largest, largest donor so no quantity of compensation by different donors, as beneficiant as they’re, can truly fill the hole that’s left by the US,” mentioned Tamara al-Rifai, an UNRWA spokesperson.
Saudi Arabia beforehand introduced a US$2 million contribution to UNRWA in October, whereas KSrelief offered US$15 million to the company in November.
