Hessian European Minister calls for the UN Palestinian Relief Agency to be dissolved. 12 employees of the UN aid agency are suspected of being involved in the Hamas terrorist attack.
Meanwhile, France and Japan also announced that they would freeze their payments to theUN aid agency. UN Secretary General António Guterres announced rapid consequences for any UN employee involved in acts of terrorism, including through criminal prosecution, according to a United Nations statement. The German government announced that it would not approve any new funding for UNRWA in the Gaza Strip until the allegations had been clarified.