Nine nations chose to suspend financing for the primary UN relief organisation operating in the war-torn Gaza Strip late on Saturday, citing the agency’s collapsed operations due to claims that some of its staff had taken part in the Hamas offensive against Israel four months prior. Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said he was shocked such decisions were taken as “famine looms” in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. “Palestinians in Gaza did not need this additional collective punishment,” he wrote on X. “This stains all of us.” His warning was sent the day after he declared...