Australia PM says government ‘examining’ claims against UN Palestinian agency

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday his government was probing claims that some staff of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, after Australia paused funding to the aid agency last month.
Australia is one of several countries to have halted funding for UNRWA, a critical source of support in Gaza, after Israeli claims of U.N. employees’ complicity with Hamas.
“We’re examining it, along with other like-minded countries like Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We want that to be resolved,” Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corp regarding the allegations.
Albanese said his government wanted to make sure the accusations were “fully examined” so that all funding was “going to the purpose for which it is given”.