PLO official: 'Reverse decision to cease support for Unrwa'

The decision by several countries to suspend financing Unrwa, the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, entails great political and relief risks, according to a senior Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) official.

"We call on countries that announced the cessation of their support for Unrwa to immediately reverse their decision," Hussein al-Sheikh, secretary general of the PLO, wrote on X on Saturday. 

Italy, Canada, Australia and the US ceased their support for the organisation over allegations that some members of Unrwa were involved in Hamas' attacks on southern Israel on 7 October.