U.S. pauses funding as Israel claims U.N. agency employees were involved in Oct. 7 attacks

The U.S. has paused funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency after being “extremely troubled” by allegations that 12 UNRWA employees may have been involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to emphasize the “necessity of a thorough and swift investigation of this matter,” according to Friday morning’s statement from the U.S. State Department. Guterres was “horrified” by the news, according to Reuters. Blinken also told the U.N. leader that the U.S. was...