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UNRWA pledges to continue services despite Israeli ban and staff risks
Gaza The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says it will continue to operate in the occupied Palestinian territories, despite an Israeli ban on its work that comes into effect on Thursday. The ...
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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 ...
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‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force
Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) came into effect on Thursday, and Helles relies almost fully on the organization to support her family ...
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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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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 ...
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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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What Israel’s UNRWA ban means for millions of Palestinians: By the numbers
In a joint statement, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Slovenia and Spain condemned Israel’s withdrawal from the 1967 agreement between Israel and UNRWA as well as any efforts to ...
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Israel’s ban on UNRWA comes into effect despite backlash
A ban on the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Israel has come into effect, impacting the organisation’s life-saving work in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. On Thursday ...
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UN chief appeals Israeli law banning UNRWA
The U.N. chief said the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNRWA as it is known, is irreplaceable and that no other organization has the capacity or mandate to do its work.
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Israel Bans UNRWA as Trump Throttles Foreign Aid
The Israeli law expelling the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, leaves open myriad questions about who will fill gaps in critically needed humanitarian services currently provided ...
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UNRWA says Israel ban will be disastrous, US says exaggeration
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Implementation of a ban on the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel - due to start on Thursday - will be disastrous, the UNRWA chief told the Security Council ...
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UNRWA says Israel ban will be disastrous, US says exaggeration
UNRWA ban in Israel due to start Thursday UNRWA crucial in Gaza aid, no alternative agency, UN says Operations in Gaza Strip, West Bank will also suffer, UNRWA says UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (Reuters ...