Seven Israeli human rights organisations have issued a joint call to restore funding to UNRWA so the agency can continue its work in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

The organisations include Doctors for Human Rights, B’Tselem, Breaking the Silence, Gisha, City of Nations, Checkpoint Watch, and Fighters for Peace.

“Doubts about the involvement of UNRWA employees in the attack on Israel are very serious, but they do not justify the punitive freeze on the Agency’s funding,” the organisations said in a statement.

“The actions of the few must not be allowed to cast a shadow on the vital humanitarian work of UNRWA.”

Last month, several donor countries, mostly Western, halted funding to the Palestinian refugee agency after Israel claimed — but failed to provide evidence — that some of UNWRA’s staff members took part in the October 7 attacks.