The State Department has expressed concern about Israel’s move to ban the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. Spokesman Matthew Miller says the move poses risks for millions of Palestinians who rely on UNRWA for essential services. These include health care and primary and secondary education. Miller’s ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed grave concern Monday over bills passed by Israel’s parliament banning the UN relief agency for Palestinians from operating in the country, which could affect its work in the Gaza Strip. “I am deeply concerned by the adoption today by the Knesset of Israel of two laws...
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...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians working for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in the central Gaza Strip. A medical source in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah city told Anadolu that two UNRWA staffers were killed after their vehicle [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinians in northern Gaza “are waiting to die” as Israel escalated its offensive in the area, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. “Our staff report that they cannot find food, water or medical care,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Phillippe Lazzarini said in a statement. “T...
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 […...
ANKARA (AA) – Recalling the US warning to Israel to improve humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, the EU foreign policy chief has slammed Washington for giving another month to Israel while “too many people” are being killed there. “They gave one-month delay” during which “too many people” would be killed, Josep ...
GENEVA (AA) – The United Nations says Lebanon’s densely populated capital Beirut is increasingly being targeted by Israel. Hundreds have been killed, and over a million people have fled their homes throughout the country, with the situation for civilians on the ground in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria worsening every day. “Just last night, Beirut was...
ANKARA (AA) – One year into a devastating Israeli war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians continue to be forcibly displaced across the Gaza Strip amid destruction, hunger, and fear. The Israeli army launched a brutal offensive on Gaza following a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. It has killed nearly 42,000, mostly women and children, [&h...
Israel has barred the UN secretary-general from entering the country, declaring him officially unwelcome. Foreign minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday he has declared UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres persona non grata in Israel and banned him from entering the country. Several UN officials similarly have been banned in recent months, ...
