CAIRO (AA) – The Arab League has called for the passage of a UN resolution opposing Israel’s move to ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from operating in the country. The initiative came during an extraordinary session of the Arab League Council at the level of permanent representatives in Cairo following a request [&hell...
LONDON (AA) – The Nordic countries have expressed “deep concern” over the recent introduction of draft legal bills in Israel’s parliament, fearing that if passed, Tel Aviv would prevent the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from continuing its operations in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. The Nordi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has rejected claims circulated in Israel and on social media that an agency staff member was killed alongside Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip. The reports have been denounced as part of a disinformation campaign to undermine the agency and […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The chief of the UN Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has called for the protection of Palestinian civilians amid a deadly Israeli offensive in the northern West Bank. “For more than six days now, Jenin has been ravaged by violence and destruction. This is causing loss of life and injuries, including among […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli government has been accused of purchasing Google ads to discredit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and discourage donations, according to a statement made by the agency’s commissioner-general. Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA commissioner-general, to...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has suspended its services in several refugee camps in the northern West Bank due to ongoing indiscriminate Israeli military strikes. “Israeli security forces’ operations in the northern West Bank continue impacting Palestine refugees,” UNRWA Comm...
ANKARA (AA) – Women and girls have been facing “deepening dehumanization” due to Israel’s attacks, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said, calling for a cease-fire to “restore dignity.” Describing “what it is like to be a girl or a woman in Gaza,” Philippe Lazzarini said on X: “Women & girls […]...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A Hamas official on Sunday said the group is pulling out of Gaza truce talks, following an Israeli strike that targeted their commander Mohammed Deif, who was “fine” despite the attack according to another Hamas figure. “Commander Mohammed Deif is well and directly overseeing” the ope...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) called Sunday for an “independent investigation” into an Israeli attack that killed at least 16 Palestinians at a school housing displaced people in the central Gaza Strip. The Israeli army claimed that it had targeted Palestinian gunmen inside the UN-run school in the Nuseirat ref...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Thousands of families in Gaza are forced to use contaminated sea water for their daily needs as Israel continues to block most of the humanitarian aid in the war-torn Palestinian enclave, leaving the population hungry and thirsty, the UN has said. “In Gaza’s burning summer heat, children have to wait in long [&helli...
