GAZA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The UN agency for Palestine refugees said on Wednesday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is witnessing a near-total collapse in all aspects of life. Spokesperson Adnan Abu Hasna of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near E...
UNRWA, the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees, reported two of its staff were killed. The death toll for UNRWA employees during the Gaza war has topped the 300 mark. The humanitarians said the Israeli military issued another displacement order, affecting 26 neighborhoods in Beit Lahiya and ...
Canada will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, a government official tells The Associated Press, weeks after the agency lost hundreds of millions of dollars in support following Israeli allegations against some of its staffers in Gaza T...
Israel has alleged that 12 members of the UN's Gaza aid group participated in Hamas' 7 October attack. The UK's decision comes after the US, Italy, Australia and Canada all also suspended additional funding for the UN aid agency.
7 (Xinhua) -- Since the latest round of Hamas-Israel conflict broke out a month ago, 89 United Nations (UN) aid workers have been killed, which is the highest number of UN employees killed in a conflict in the history of the UN, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ...
UNRWA employees use local money-changers to convert their dollars to Israeli shekels, the complaint says. Some Palestinians also use dollars or Jordanian dinars, viewing them as stable and trusted currencies. The suit claims that Hamas, which has controlled Gaza ...
1 co-observer The European Commission is still discussing whether to release EU funds to the UN aid agency in Gaza — despite a looming famine. "The assessment is ongoing and we will make the relevant announcement as soon as we are in a position to do so," chief European Commission spokes...
The temporary truce and humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza are not enough to deal with the humanitarian crisis in the enclave, according to Karim Amer, director of Partnerships with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East....
“The result has been the near-collapse of Gaza’s regional economy and its isolation from the Palestinian economy and the rest of the world,” the UN agency said in a statement. The report analyzed both the effects of the closure, which has greatly limited Gaza’s ability to export goods...
Related articleIsrael has banned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. That could be devastating for millions A UN investigation found that nine employees from UNWRA’s 13,000 staff in Gaza “may have” been involved in the attack and no longer work at the agency. But UNRWAhas long...