The head of the U.N. agency responsible for humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is having trouble raising funds from Arab states, and only has enough to last through May, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Philippe Lazzarini, chief of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), raised a total of $85 million from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates for this year, the Journal reported. It is far short of the funding lost when the U.S. and other Western countries cut off aid following allegations at least a dozen UNRWA employees took part in Iranian-backed Hamas’ terrorist attack Oct. 7 in southern Israel. Last year, the U.S. alone gave the agency more than $422 million.

UNRWA also is facing allegations from Israel that 450 of its employees are part of Hamas and other terror groups, and that Hamas reportedly used a UNRWA school to launch attacks on the Jewish state. Israel also reportedly discovered a subterranean Hamas data center under UNRWA’s headquarters in Gaza City.

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