By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency was sued on Monday by dozens of Israelis who accused it of aiding and abetting the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. In a complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the plaintiffs said the United Nations Relief and Works […]
Israel’s army says it has once again attacked a school compound belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in order to take action against a Hamas cell. Members of the terrorist organization had used a container on the school grounds in the al-Shati refugee camp […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Forced displacement has pushed over a million people away from the Gazan city of Rafah, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday. The small city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip had been sheltering around 1 million Palestinians who fled Israeli assaults on other parts of the […]
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has suspended its work in Rafah after the Israeli army entered the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. “UNRWA had to stop health and other critical services in Rafah,” the UN agency’s chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on social media platform […]
Some 110,000 people have left Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip since the Israeli army started advancing on the city, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)said on Friday. “@UNRWA estimates around 110,000 people have now fled Rafah looking for safety,” the UN agency for Palestinian […]
An average of 200 people are leaving the southern Palestinian city of Rafah every hour following Israel’s evacuation order, according to estimates by the UN relief agency for Palestinians. “The displacement is ongoing and people are leaving towards Khan Younis and the Middle Areas,” communications director of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees […]
UN investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staff from the UN relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the October 7th attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza, a spokesman said. The announcement by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric provided the first information on the […]
UN investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staff from the UN relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the October 7 attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza, a spokesman said. The announcement by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric provided the first information on the […]
The German government says it is supplying €45 million ($48.7 million) to UNRWA, United Nation’s agency for Palestinian refugees, for its work in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the occupied West Bank, while funds for Gaza remain suspended. The contributions are part of the regular regional support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for […]
Israel is no longer allowing UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, to send aid convoys into northern Gaza where civilians are said to be on the verge of famine, according to UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini. “UNRWA, the main lifeline for Palestine refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza,” Lazzarini wrote on […]
CAIRO (Reuters) – The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Sunday Israel had informed the U.N. that it will no longer approve UNRWA food convoys to the north of Gaza. “This is outrageous and makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man-made famine. These restrictions must be lifted,” UNRWA […]
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says a member of staff was killed and 22 others were injured when Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said attacks on its facilities had “become commonplace in blatant disregard to international humanitarian law”. The Hamas-run health […]