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Israeli attacks kill 51 Palestinians across Gaza, as Netanyahu’s government ignores international pleas to halt war.
Israel is facing fierce condemnation after a pair of strikes on a Gaza hospital killed five journalists as well as medical ...
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Sunday called Israel’s denial of famine in the war-torn Gaza Strip “the most obscene expression of dehumanization.” “Famine is the last ...
International aid workers accuse Israel of waging a concerted campaign to muzzle their advocacy and control their response in ...
Israel says hundreds of Palestinian fighters work for UNRWA, without providing evidence, and that more than a dozen employees took part in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack.
New laws don't explicitly bar UNRWA from working in Gaza and West Bank but likely make its operations impossible, with potentially severe consequences for Palestinians and Israel The post How will ...
Israel claims that more than 100 Hamas operatives are employed by UNRWA, and that the agency has deepening ties with the militant group that seized power in Gaza in 2007.
In later decades, the UNRWA switched its primary focus from jobs to education at the urging of Palestinian refugees. But the UNRWA’s education materials were viewed by Israel as further feeding ...
Israel’s move means UNRWA’s mission to provide health care, education, and food to millions of Palestinian refugees “may become impossible without decisive intervention by the General ...
Israel’s Parliament passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of UNRWA, the main U.N. agency that aids Palestinians, by barring its operations in the country.
Israel also says UNRWA staff took part in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza. The UN has said nine UNRWA staff may have been involved and had been fired.