Japan also suspends funding to UNRWA. Tokyo is the ninth country to suspend funds, as done - among others - also by Germany, the United States and Italy.
Tokyo states that it will continue "at the same time to make diplomatic efforts to improve the situation in the Gaza Strip and to calm it as soon as possible by providing support to other international organizations", according to a note from the Japanese government. The Japanese government said it was "extremely concerned by the alleged involvement ofUNRWA personnel in the terrorist attack against Israel on 7 October last year"