UNRWA
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Sweden suspends funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Stockholm: Sweden has said it has temporarily halted funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees following Israel’s allegations that its staff participated in the Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on…
- Middle East
UNRWA faces collapse after staff’s suspected involvement in Oct 7 attack
United Nations: Major donors are sending one of the world’s oldest and largest relief operations to the brink of collapse after disclosures that the employees of the organization set up to help…
- Middle East
OIC condemns countries for suspending funding to UN mission in Gaza
Amid the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza Strip, major donor countries to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) have temporarily suspended their funding. This comes after Israel…
- Middle East
PLO appeals countries not to cut UNRWA funding
Tel Aviv: The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) has appealed to the world nations to reconsider their decision to cut funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees…
- Middle East
Halting support for UNRWA poses humanitarian risks to Palestinians: Official
Ramallah: A senior Palestinian official has urged countries that have announced the suspension of support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to reconsider their decisions to…
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UNRWA sacks several staffers for ‘role’ in Oct 7 attacks on Israel
Tel Aviv: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has sacked several of its employees suspected of involvement in the October 7 terror attacks…
- Middle East
Over 150,000 Palestinians have nowhere to go, says UNRWA
Gaza: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Thursday said that the over 150,000 Palestinians have nowhere to go amidst the ongoing war…
- Middle East
UNRWA suspends water sources in central, southern Gaza
Gaza: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has announced the suspension of dozens of drinking water and sewage facilities in the central and southern Gaza Strip due…
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Will be forced to shutdown operations in Gaza due to fuel shortage: UNRWA
Tel Aviv: The United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) on Monday said that it will be forced to shut down its operations in Gaza due to the shortage of fuel. The…
- Middle East
‘We are on the ‘verge of collapse’, Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees
United Nations/Jerusalem: The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which has the largest UN footprint in the Gaza Strip, has warned that it is on the “verge of collapse” and was even…
- Middle East
Twelve UN employees killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
At least twelve employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) were killed in airstrikes in Gaza since the start of the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since…
- Middle East
Egyptian FM calls for financial contributions to UNRWA
Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stressed the urgent necessity to provide the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) with financial contributions in order to continue its…
- Middle East
900 Palestinians’ homes razed down in Israeli raid at Jenin: report
Around 900 Palestinian were rendered homeless during the two-day Israeli aggression on Jenin City and its refugee camp on July 4, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. The revelation was revealed by United…