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One in 3 children in Gaza is acutely malnourished: UNRWA
Gaza: One in three children below the age of two in northern Gaza is now “acutely malnourished”, and famine is looming, the main UN agency operating in the Palestinian enclave said on…
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More children killed in Gaza since Oct 7 than in 4 years of world wars: UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has announced that the number of children killed in Gaza Strip since October 7 surpasses the number of children…
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‘Hunger everywhere in Gaza Strip’: UNRWA seeks humanitarian aid
United Nations Relief and Works agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has said that hunger is everywhere in the Gaza Strip. Taking to X, on Sunday, March 10, UN agency stressed that “the…
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Canada, Sweden resume UNRWA funding after pause
Ottawa: Amid the Israel war in Gaza, Canada has announced to resume funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after several countries cut their aid as…
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Gaza’s situation unprecedented, indescribable: UNRWA
Gaza: Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has said that the situation in the Gaza Strip defies description and…
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Israeli finance minister cancels tax benefits for UNRWA
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced his intention to cancel tax benefits for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency currently working for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). “The State of Israel will…
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‘Disastrous repercussions’ if UNRWA funding halts: Qatar PM
Washington: Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has said that there would be “disastrous repercussions” in the stability of the region if funding for United Nations Relief and…
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Israel’s PM calls for closure of UN Palestinian refugee agency
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the closure of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), amid allegations of some UNRWA employees’ involvement in the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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UK to pause funding for UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees
London: The UK is “temporarily pausing any future funding” for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the British government has said in a…
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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…
