In another act of hostility to Palestine, multiple Western countries have suspended funding for UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) as of Saturday, according to Reuters, after Israel alleged that 12 of the agency's staff are linked to Palestinian "militants" and had participated in the October 07 Hamas attack on the country.
[Note: Israel has not furnished any evidence to back up its claim against UNRWA].
“Palestinians in Gaza did not need this additional collective punishment. This stains all of us”, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
The funding shutoff is expected to affect hundreds of millions of dollars in much-needed aid to the agency, which provides shelter and food for displaced Palestinians – a category that currently encompasses over 85% of residents of the Gaza Strip.
Yesterday, Liverpool reached the FA Cup fifth round with an emphatic 5-2 victory over Norwich City.
The Reds opened the scoring through Curtis Jones in the 16th minute before the Canaries drew level six minutes later. Darwin Nunez restored Liverpool's lead when he caught Conor Bradley's pass and drilled a low effort into the bottom left corner in the twenty-eighth minute.
And it was 3-1 in the fifty-third minute when Diogo Jota latched on to a wayward header from a Canaries defender before thumping a low shot into the net.
Ten minutes afterwards, second-half substitute Virgil van Dijk, left completely unmarked from a Dominik Szoboszlai corner, headed home Liverpool's fourth before a sixty-ninth minute Norwich strike gave their fans something to cheer about.
The Reds restored their three-goal lead through Ryan Gravenberch in the fifth minute of added time when he converted Bradley’s cross.
Liverpool now face a home fifth-round tie with Southampton or Watford, who will replay their round-four match after drawing 1-1 on Sunday.
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