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But top U.N. officials and the Security Council describe UNRWA as the backbone of the current humanitarian operation in Gaza. Israel launched an assault on Hamas in Gaza after the militants killed ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. UNRWA offices in East Jerusalem, Israeli-occupied West Bank. The relationship between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and Israel is a feature of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. For decades, UNRWA has faced Israeli allegations ...
In a statement Sunday, the agency, known as UNRWA, said the order to vacate “is in contradiction to international law obligations of U.N. member states,” including Israel.
The head of UNRWA has warned that an Israeli ban on the organization would greatly disrupt crucial humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip and threaten the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The agency, which employs thousands of people in Gaza, provides nearly the entire population of the coastal enclave with basic supplies and needs access through Israel. "If UNRWA is unable to ...
In February 2024, UNRWA accused Israel of torturing United Nations staff in order to extract false confessions that some UNRWA staff had been involved with the 7 October attack on Israel. [84] The charge came amidst widespread reports of the torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons following 7 October.
Israel alleges that 13 employees of the United Nations’ main relief agency in Gaza were associated with Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel and took part in varying capacities. CNN cannot ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Workers unloading Iranian aid shipment to Gaza, late October 2023 During the Gaza war, humanitarian aid entered into the Gaza Strip via air, land and sea. Early in the war, significant issues arose with humanitarian aid. Israel's initial blockade on Gaza, immediately following the October 7 attacks ...