The Israeli Foreign Ministry denounced the European Union's decision to return some funding to UNRWA after freezing it, claiming that some of the agency's employees participated in the October 7 attack on Israel.

The ministry said in a statement, "The disappointing decision legitimizes the involvement of UNRWA employees in terrorist activities and cooperation with Hamas." According to its claim

It considered that the European Union, with its decision, “reopens the tap on the United Nations investigation into the Israeli allegations of UNRWA bias, pledging to provide donor countries and United Nations investigators with all the information available to it on this subject in the coming weeks.”

It stressed that "Israel is committed to transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza and working with other UN agencies and additional actors to ensure the distribution of aid to the Strip."

The European Commission said in a statement on Friday that it decided to grant UNRWA 50 million euros after “taking into account the action taken by the United Nations and the commitments requested by the Commission from UNRWA.”

An additional amount of €32 million has been withheld pending the completion of steps set by the European Union, including European investigations and review.

It is noteworthy that a number of Western countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany and Canada, announced the suspension of funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees against the backdrop of suspicions that a number of agency employees were involved in the Hamas movement’s attack on Israel on October 7 last year.

The agency's commissioner general, Philippe Lazzarini, announced the dismissal of several employees against the backdrop of these accusations.