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‘We will suffocate’: Palestinian refugees in Gaza fear UNRWA ban
Besides UNRWA’s critical humanitarian role, refugees – who account for 71 percent of Gaza’s population – fear they will be left without a link to their family’s original homes or a right to ever ...
ABC News4d
UNRWA director: Israel ban on aid agency will ‘destroy’ humanitarian efforts
The head of UNRWA has warned that an Israeli ban on the organization would greatly disrupt crucial humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip and threaten the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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UNRWA vows to keep providing aid to Gaza despite Israeli ban
UNRWA, the United Nations’ Palestinian relief agency, said it remains operational in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem despite an Israeli ban. The law passed in October forbids ...
UNRWA director: Israel ban on aid agency will ‘destroy’ humanitarian efforts
Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed with ABC News on Wednesday relief efforts in Gaza and Israel, highlighting ...
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UNRWA says it is carrying on aid work despite Israeli ban on agency
An Israeli law adopted in October bans operations by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) on Israeli land — including East Jerusalem — and contact with Israeli ...
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UNRWA Lebanon says not impacted by US aid freeze or new Israeli law
Klaus also said there was "no direct impact" on the agency's Lebanon operations from a new Israeli law banning UNRWA operations in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Palestinians at ...
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Israel orders UNRWA to cease operations in country over terror ties: 'miserably failed in its mandate'
The Israeli government has ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to cease its operations in the country, effective today, Jan. 30, 2025. This decision follows years of ...