The Israeli deputy foreign minister announced that Israel will cut all relations with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from Thursday and urged the UN to use other organizations to provide aid.

We very much hope this decision will be withdrawn,' UNRWA spokesperson Jonathan Fowler says on Israel's looming ban on the agency, set to take effect Thursday - Anadolu Ajansı

Implementation of a ban on the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel - due to start on Thursday - will be disastrous, the UNRWA chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, as the United States accused it of being "irresponsible and dangerous.

Israel's impending ban on the U.N. agency critical for supporting Palestinians 'will undermine' the cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip, the head of

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says Israel’s ban would ‘heighten instability and deepen despair’ at a ‘critical moment’.

The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Tuesday that Israel's impending ban on the UN agency "will undermine" the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip.

There is no alternative to UNRWA”, said António Guterres on 29 October 2024, after the Israeli Parliament’s decision to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from Israel.

The ban is set to go into effect next week, as aid groups are scrambling to alleviate Israel’s humanitarian catastrophe.

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring countries has drawn sharp criticism, with opponents condemning it as ethnic cleansing and warning of regional chaos.

UNRWA chief says Gaza aid surge might lessen security challenges UNRWA says has 4,000 aid truckloads ready for Gaza WFP says ready to send in food for more than 1 million people UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Attacks on aid convoys in the Gaza ...

The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's Paul Adams.