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Israel Ends Agreement With UN Agency Providing Aid in Gaza

Israel ends agreement with UNRWA, main provider of aid for Palestinian refugees

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had notified the U.N. of the cancellation of an agreement dating back to 1967 that facilitates UNRWA's work.

UPI News on MSN · 5d

UNRWA head says Israel's effort to dismantle the aid agency will be catastrophic for Gaza

The head of the United Nations Work and Relief Agency for Palestine said in a Tuesday letter to the U.N. General Assembly that Israeli legislation against UNRWA will have a catastrophic impact in Gaza.

The Washington Post · 11h

Israel ends agreement with U.N. agency for Palestinians

Israel said it has withdrawn from the 1967 deal legally recognizing UNRWA. The Knesset has passed legislation curbing the U.N. agency’s activities and privileges.

Israel notifies UN of UNRWA work termination

Voice of America · 1d

Israel notifies UN it will not cooperate with UNRWA after new legislation

Israel’s foreign ministry said Monday the country formally notified the United Nations that it will not cooperate with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, once new Israeli legislation goes into effect early next year.

ABC · 1d

Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Israel notifies UN of UNRWA work termination

The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called "precise strikes on military targets" in Iran in October following Tehran's latest missile barrage.

FOX 13 Seattle on MSN · 11h

Israel terminates working agreement with UNRWA

Israel said it has terminated its working agreement with the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which is Gaza's main provider.

The Associated Press on MSN5d

Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency's chief says

The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its ...

New York Sun3d

October 7 Survivor Recalls Her Unrwa Captor, and Just How Close the Aid Agency Is to Hamas

I didn’t expect that my captor was actually a member,” recalls Ditza Heiman, who was released as part of the November 2023 ...

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What is Unrwa and why has Israel banned it?

Israel's parliament voted on Monday evening to ban the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating within Israel ...

Crowds of displaced Palestinians gather at UNRWA warehouse in Deir al-Balah, desperate for aid

Dozens of desperate Palestinians gathered Saturday outside a UN-run facility in central Gaza to receive urgently-needed ...

UNRWA chief says Israeli forces damaged agency's West Bank office; Israel disputes claim

Israeli bulldozers damaged the office of U.N. aid agency UNRWA in the West Bank's Nur Shams camp on Thursday, the agency's ...

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What to know about UNRWA, the U.N. organization banned by Israel

A pair of laws passed by the Israeli Knesset this week, however, could imperil the ability of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees to work in Gaza.

National Interest on MSN1d

Israel’s UNRWA Ban Puts the U.S. and Palestinians in a Bind

With a consequential presidential election in days, President Joe Biden faces a difficult task after pigeonholing his ...

Middle East Eye4d

Israel Unrwa ban: How Palestine's health, education and food services could collapse

Today, these Unrwa schools are either sheltering displaced families or reduced to rubble. Louise Wateridge, a spokesperson for Unrwa, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees ...