Israeli attacks kill 51 Palestinians across Gaza, as Netanyahu’s government ignores international pleas to halt war.

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Sunday called Israel’s denial of famine in the war-torn Gaza Strip “the most obscene expression of dehumanization.” “Famine is the last ...

Malaysia has slammed Israel’s plans to seize control of Gaza, describing it as modern-day colonisation and ‘an insult to the ...

On Friday, shortly after the UN’s declaration of famine in Gaza City, the ministry confirmed that three people, including two ...

Israel banned UNRWA, the United Nations' Palestinian refugee relief agency, from operating in Israel on Monday after the agency admitted nine of its workers participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack ...

New laws don't explicitly bar UNRWA from working in Gaza and West Bank but likely make its operations impossible, with potentially severe consequences for Palestinians and Israel The post How will ...

Israel’s Parliament passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of UNRWA, the main U.N. agency that aids Palestinians, by barring its operations in the country.

In later decades, the UNRWA switched its primary focus from jobs to education at the urging of Palestinian refugees. But the UNRWA’s education materials were viewed by Israel as further feeding ...

Israel says hundreds of Palestinian fighters work for UNRWA, without providing evidence, and that more than a dozen employees took part in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack.

Israel claims that more than 100 Hamas operatives are employed by UNRWA, and that the agency has deepening ties with the militant group that seized power in Gaza in 2007.

Israel’s move means UNRWA’s mission to provide health care, education, and food to millions of Palestinian refugees “may become impossible without decisive intervention by the General ...