Nine states, including the US, the UK, Canada, and others, announced on 27 January 2024, the suspension of funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides support for almost 2 million people in Gaza, due to Israeli allegations that 12 UNRWA staff took part in the 7 October attacks. These allegations were brought to UNRWA the same day the provisional measures were ordered, and UNRWA immediately terminated the contracts of nine of the individuals (one is deceased and the other two have yet to be identified) and asked for a transparent independent investigation. UNRWA is currently sheltering over 1 million people and providing basic food and healthcare. It should be noted that genocide is not solely killing members of the group, but causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, as well as deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part (Genocide Convention, Articles 1b, 1c); hence, states can be responsible when they fail to prevent or are complicit in the aforementioned acts. The dire humanitarian condition detailed by the South African application and numerous reports, including evidence of deliberate starvation and risk of famine, are now further exacerbated due to the intended suspension of funding to UNRWA. In fact, defunding directly assists in inflicting bodily and mental harm to members of the group, as well as helping to inflict conditions that bring about the physical destruction of the group. Those providing aid and assistance to Israel, while announcing that they will cut off aid to the primary provider of assistance to Palestinians in Gaza, will have to contend with the mounting evidence in this case.