UN Chief Expresses Concern Over Israeli Legislation Targeting UN Relief Agency

UN Chief Expresses Concern Over Israeli Legislation Targeting UN Relief Agency

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed serious concerns to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding draft legislation that could obstruct the UN Relief and Works Agency in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The Israeli Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee recently approved two bills designed to limit UNRWA's operations and privileges within Israel. Guterres cautioned that these measures would impede efforts to alleviate suffering and decrease tensions in Gaza.

October 9, 2024 13

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UNRWA warns of worsening crisis in Lebanon

More than one million people across Lebanon have been uprooted by ongoing and deadly Israeli airstrikes across the country, including one reported early Monday morning in a residential area of central Beirut, adding to fears of a full-scale invasion. Here’s the director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Lebanon, Dorothy Klaus. Israel meanwhile says a 'limited, localised' ground operation is underway in […]

October 1, 2024 14

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Six staff members of the United Nations killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says what is happening in Gaza is unacceptable, and dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop immediately. An Israeli airstrike on a central Gaza school being used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians killed 18 people. Among those killed were six staff members of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. The school was sheltering around 12-thousand displaced people, mainly women and children.

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Oshikonga oshitiyali shotuntila yo Polio osha tameke nena mo Gaza

Oshikonga oshitiyali shotuntila yo Polio mo Gaza osha tameke nena,omanga iita tayi tsikile miitopolwa yimwe. Oshikonga osha tuntila nale aanona ya thika 187 000. Ehangano lyiigwana ya hangana mo Palestine lyo UNRWA olyati oshikonga tasheendithwa Hamas na Israel otashi ende nawa. Ashike iita onkee tayi tsikile palwe moshikandjo,nomalelo guuhaku taga lopota aantu oyendji ya dhipagelwa miiponokela ya Israel,mwa kwatelwa oshipangelo shoka sha dhengwa mo Gaza. Nena ootuntila odha tameke mo […]

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UNRWA chief warns of collapse without urgent funding

The head of the main UN Agency responsible for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, UNRWA has issued a stark warning that it will crumble unless funding is found quickly. UNRWA Commission-General, Philippe Lazzarini said on Monday that an entire generation could be lost.

June 25, 2024 13

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Norway boosts funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency

Norway said Monday that it was increasing its funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) by 100 million kroner ($9.3 million). UNRWA, which coordinates nearly all aid to Gaza, has been in crisis since January, when Israel accused about a dozen of its 13,000 Gaza employees of involvement in the unprecedented October 7 Hamas attack that sparked the war. That prompted several countries, including top […]

June 17, 2024 12

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UNRWA chief says Israel hit Gaza school ‘without prior warning’

The head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, Philippe Lazzarini, said Thursday that Israel had bombed one of its Gaza schools "without prior warning" to thousands of displaced sheltering there. The military said it had killed several "terrorists" in a "precision strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside a UNRWA school" in the Nuseirat area while Gaza's Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital said at least 37 people were killed […]

June 6, 2024 29

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United Nations’ internal investigations team has closed several cases involving UNRWA employees linked to the October 7 attack

The United Nations' internal investigations team has closed several cases involving UNRWA employees linked to the October 7 attack, due to lack of evidence provided by Israel. The U.N Office of Internal Oversight Services has been investigating some 12 cases, following Israel's accusations in January this year. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York.

April 30, 2024 11

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UNRWA’s Money Woes May Be Easing as Some Donors Return, but US Is Unlikely

Numerous donors are returning to fund UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works agency for Palestinians, reacting to preliminary results from a UN probe into Israeli accusations that agency staff participated in the Oct. 7 massacre. But it appears the United States will not be directing contributions to the organization this year. UNRWA is the main operation delivering food to Gaza, above. UNRWA/INSTAGRAM After weeks of deepening financial straits amid […]

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