Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has pledged $1m to support investigations into allegations of sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinian women.

“We believe Palestinian women. Allegations on sexual and gender-based violence against them must be investigated and Palestinian women must be supported,” Joly wrote on X.

The move comes two days after Joly said Canada would provide $1m to organisations supporting survivors of sexual violence during Hamas’s attacks on October 7.