Israel, UNRWA

UNRWA Lebanon says not impacted by US aid freeze or new Israeli law
Israeli ban on UNRWA takes effect, imperiling aid to Palestinians
U.N. officials vowed Thursday that the agency would continue to deliver services in the Palestinian territories for as long as possible.
International staff of UN Palestinian agency forced to leave as Israel ban comes in
Israel says UNRWA staff took part in Hamas’s bloody 7 October attacks on southern Israel, in which around 1,200 people were killed and another 250 taken hostage. Israel's retaliatory air and ground offensive inside Gaza has killed more than 47,000 Palestinians according to the enclave's health ministry.
‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force
Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children.
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UNRWA Stays Resilient Amid Funding Cuts and Operational Bans
UNRWA, a United Nations agency, continues operations in Lebanon despite halts in U.S. funding and an Israeli ban on its activities. The agency investigates staff implicated in the Gaza war and maintains neutrality.
Britain, France and Germany reiterate concern over Israel blocking contact with UNRWA
Britain, France and Germany on Friday reiterated their "grave concern" over Israel implementing a law forbidding any contact between its officials and U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA. "We urge the government of Israel to work with international partners,
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UNRWA says Israel ban will be disastrous, US says exaggeration
The U.N. has said nine UNRWA staff may have been involved and were fired. A Hamas commander in Lebanon - killed in September by Israel - was also found to have had an UNRWA job. The U.N. has vowed ...
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Unrwa chief says Israel's banning of operations will undermine Gaza ceasefire
Lebanon and Jordan. Unrwa has also for decades run schools and medical clinics in occupied East Jerusalem, which Israel seized from Jordan in the 1967 War. US President Donald Trump, meanwhile ...
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Israeli airstrikes on south Lebanon's Nabatieh injure 24, health ministry says
defence minister says 6:46 PM UTC · Updated ago Middle Eastcategory Hospital in Jordan offers injured Gazans hope for recovery 10:19 AM UTC Worldcategory UNRWA Lebanon says not impacted by US aid ...
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UNRWA: “Palestinian people should not feel abandoned by the international community”
If the ban on UNRWA is implemented in the next days, it will have multiple consequences and lead to more uncertainties - Marta Lorenzo, UNRWA
Middle East latest: Israeli hostages' families welcome news that 3 more men will be released
The Israeli organization representing families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip was celebrating the news Friday that three male hostages are going to be released the next day.
UNRWA carries on aid work despite Israeli ban, hostilities
The U.N. Palestinian relief agency said its humanitarian work across the occupied territories and Gaza was still ongoing on Friday despite an Israeli ban that took effect a day before and what it described as hostility towards its staff.
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Israel’s ban on UN’s Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here’s what that looks like
Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that
Middle East live updates: 8 hostages released and handed over to the Red Cross
Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.