UNRWA's operations currently face uncertainty due to the suspension of funding by several donor countries, including the United States. These suspensions came in response to allegations of involvement by some UNRWA staff in the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel. So far, the UNRWA has initiated ...
UNRWA is the largest humanitarian organization in Gaza. Among its 13,000 employees, over 3,000 continuous staff are the backbone of humanitarian operations, according to White.■ Children are seen at a temporary camp in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Feb. 2, 2024. A senior offi...
has accused several UNRWA staff of being involved in Hamas Oct. 7 terror attack, which killed hundreds and sparked the war. It comes a day after the U.N.'s top court ruled Israel must do more to prevent genocide in Gaza. CBS News' Deborah Patta is in Tel Aviv with more.Jan 27, ...
UNRWA said operations in the Gaza Strip and West Bank will also suffer. It provides aid, health and education services to millions in the Palestinian territories and neighboring Arab countries of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. "In two days, our operations in the occupied Palestinian terri...
MARGARET BRENNAN: The USAID chief Sam Power- Samantha Power, said conditions are worse now in Gaza than ever before. She said that was due to the Israeli military operations and closed crossings. What exactly is the humanitarian situation right now?
Matthias Schmale, director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, announced in the statement: “We are truly saddened by the killing of one of our young students.” UNRWA mourns loss of a student at one of its schools in#Gaza: "We are truly saddened by the killing of one of our young students....
Middle Area of Gaza from December 2023 and in Khan Younis from January 2024. Gazans have reportedly been detained while leeing to the south, while in their homes during IDF operations, from their places of work including hospitals,3 and while sheltering in UNRWA installations and other ...
ABC NEWS: The United Nations says the war in Gaza has led to a stark increase in the number of households experiencing severe hunger. Over the weekend, World Central Kitchen paused its operations after an airstrike on a vehicle killed some of its workers. The IDF said that ...
An Israeli ban went into effect on Jan 30 that prohibits UNRWA from operating on its territory or communicating with Israeli authorities. UNRWA has said operations in Gaza and West Bank will also suffer.
Israel formally prohibited UNRWA from operating within its territory in January. Consequently, Lazzarini stated that international staff were forced to leave East Jerusalem due to expired visas. However, he noted that operations in Gaza and the West Bank remain unaffected.■...