Minister of Foreign Affairs: Thoughts on resuming funding to UNRWA based on interim verification report. Foreign Minister Kamikawa also took into consideration the interim report that is scheduled to be submitted soon by a third-party verification group independent from the United Nations.
Japan will cooperate with the efforts of the United States, Cyprus, and other countries to bring in food by ship in order to support the residents of the Gaza Strip, which is facing a serious food shortage. Several countries, including Japan, have suspended funding forUNRWA after some of its staff were suspected of being involved in the attack on Israel by the Islamic organization Hamas.