According to the Gaza-based Health Ministry, at least 20 people, mostly children, have died as a result of malnutrition and drought caused by the war. Meanwhile, Lazzarini said that the agency "has not yet received any evidence confirming Israel's allegations that UNRWA employees participated in...
Germany, along with the US and more than a dozen other countriessuspendedfunding to UNRWA at the end of January following Israel’s allegations. UNRWA, the largest UN organization operating in the region, terminated the contracts of 12 employees as a result of the allegations. ...
The U.S. halted its funding for UNRWA in the wake of Israel’s allegations that staff with the organization had participated in the Oct. 7 attack. “UNRWA, of course, plays a critical role in providing services to Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and throughout the broader — the ...
"The agency has reached breaking point with Israel's repeated calls to dismantle UNRWA and the freezing of funding by donors," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, reported from a letter by UNRWA's commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini to the president of UN Ge...
UNRWA, which has more than 30,000 employees serving some 5.9 million Palestinian refugees in the region, has been accused by Israel of employing "more than 400 terrorists" in the Gaza Strip. The United States suspended its financial contributions to the agency after separate ...
The interview comes only a few days after Israel struck a UNRWA school, killing at least 18, according to Hamas, of which six were UNRWA workers. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of theUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), attempted to...
A senior foreign ministry official later told a press briefing that Japan could not comment on the veracity of Israel's allegations due to an ongoing investigation by the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services. The UNRWA fired some staff following the allegations. It later said some ...
Britain, Italy and Finland on Saturday [Jan. 27] became the latest countries to pause funding for the United Nations’ refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), following allegations its staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. ...
The Israeli parliament's decision on Mondayto vote to ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, citing the alleged role of some local staff in the attack, has raised fears among Israel's Western allies that this will worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. UNRWA...
Editorially, the UNRWA strongly supports Palestine and is opposed to the actions of Israel. Recently, Israeli officials and media have called theUNRWA a terrorist group. This is an accusation without proof, as the article presents allegations and concerns about UNRWA’s operations and its alleged ...