Qatar announces extra $25m to Unrwa

Qatar's permanent representative to the UN, Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani, said her country will provide additional financial aid to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa), worth $25m; to help in "unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip”.

She condemned “the systematic targeting campaign aimed at dismantling Unrwa, and expresses its regret over the suspension of some donor countries’ funding allocated to the agency,” saying there is no alternative to the agency to help Palestinian refugees.