UNRWA Executive Director “Expects Japan to resume funding” appeals for continued activities. UNRWA = United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Raza.

It is responsible for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip, but to which Japan, the West, and the United States have stopped funding. Some of its staff were suspected of being involved in the attack on Israel by the Islamic group Hamas in October last year, and many major donor countries, including Japan, suspended funding.