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.
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.
Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to new prime minister-designate,
Ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon appeared at risk on Sunday as disputes continued over key deadlines, and local health officials said that Israeli forces opened fire on both fronts. In Gaza, Israel
The repercussions will be serious, most acutely effecting Gaza, but also having the potential to push the situation in the West Bank across the brink,' says senior researcher - Anadolu Ajansı
If the ban on UNRWA is implemented in the next days, it will have multiple consequences and lead to more uncertainties - Marta Lorenzo, UNRWA
The directive came in a letter to the U.N., after the Israeli Parliament banned the relief agency that has aided Palestinian refugees for decades.
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.
Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, who were shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands by masked militants,
Israeli officials have not spelt out how they will enforce the legislation passed last year by Israel's parliament, which accused Unrwa of being complicit with Hamas - an allegati
UNRWA’s mandate to operate is granted by the ... the IDF's existing manpower in operations in both Gaza and southern Lebanon. Halevi spoke about a haredi soldier from the Givati Brigade who ...