THE Swedish government said on Saturday that it would resume funding the United Nations aid agency supporting Palestinians.

Its decision comes weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to Israeli allegations against the organisation and follows similar moves by the European Union and Canada.

Sweden’s U-turn came as a ship bearing tons of humanitarian aid was preparing to leave Cyprus for Gaza after international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory, facing widespread hunger after five months of war.