Finland says it supports the activities of the UN relief works agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) across the region, with 10% of the country’s support for the agency this year earmarked for “risk management”.

Allegations of the involvement of UNRWA staff in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel led major donors in January to cut their funding to the agency, the main channel of humanitarian support not only to Palestinians in Gaza but to Palestinian refugee communities across the region, the Guardian reported. 

Finland was among the countries which withdrew funding from the agency over the claims but it has since reversed this decision.

An independent review, led by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, has found Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of its claims that employees of UNRWA were involved in the Hamas attack.