Micheál Martin: Freezing funds for UN aid to Palestinian refugees would be 'catastrophic'

Ireland's Foreign Minister Micheál Martin said countries withdrawing funding from UNRWA 'acted far too prematurely'. File picture

Freezing funding to the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees would be “catastrophic” for the people trapped in Gaza “in the midst of the most terrible conflict,” the Tánaiste has said.

Micheál Martin said he was “very concerned” after multiple countries, including the US, Germany, the UK, Holland, Australia, and Canada pulled funding from United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which is the only major NGO operating in war torn Gaza.