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Why does Israel want to ban UNRWA? Israel has long opposed the agency and sought to dismantle it even before October 7 last year, when Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 people in Israel and took ...
A spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary-General told Fox News Digital, "The Secretary-General has been clear in the need to maintain support for UNRWA, which is the backbone of U.N. operations in ...
Israeli lawmakers who drafted the law banning UNRWA had cited what they described as the involvement of some of the agency's staffers in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel and staffers ...
Hundreds of thousands live in tent camps and schools-turned-shelters, most run by UNRWA. Experts say hunger is rampant. Israel’s campaign in Gaza in retaliation for the Oct. 7 attack has killed over 43,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, whose count does not differentiate between civilians and militants.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel passed a law on Monday banning the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact its work in war-torn Gaza. The ...
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 ...
The vote by the Israeli Parliament against @UNRWA is unprecedented. It opposes the @UN Charter and violates the State of Israel’s obligations under international law. Failing to push back ...
On 9 February 2024, UNRWA's director Philippe Lazzarini said that Israel had blocked food for 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza. [8] The blockade has contributed to imminent famine conditions in the Gaza Strip, which was exacerbated by Israeli airstrikes targeting food infrastructure and restrictions on humanitarian aid. [9]