Sweden and Canada resume funding the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians
Many countries halted funding after Israel accused 12 of UNRWA's thousands of employees of participating in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization.
Sweden's reversal came as a ship bearing tons of humanitarian aid was preparing to leave Cyprus for Gaza after international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory facing widespread hunger after five months of war.
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides told reporters late Saturday that the ship would depart "within the next 24 hours." World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés told The Associated Press that all
