The director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon said on Wednesday that the agency had not been affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's halt to U.S. foreign aid funding or by an Israeli ban on its operations.
UNRWA, a United Nations agency, continues operations in Lebanon despite halts in U.S. funding and an Israeli ban on its activities. The agency investigates staff implicated in the Gaza war and maintains neutrality.
Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to new prime minister-designate,
In Lebanon, health officials said that Israeli ... and it has put the movement of Palestinians into northern Gaza on hold. UNRWA warns of far-reaching consequences if Israel goes ahead with ...
On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from any contact with the agency.
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.
Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day, under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
UNRWA’s mandate to operate is granted by the ... the IDF's existing manpower in operations in both Gaza and southern Lebanon. Halevi spoke about a haredi soldier from the Givati Brigade who ...
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, which Israel has vowed to ban on Thursday, is seen by some as an irreplaceable humanitarian lifeline in Gaza, and as an accomplice of Hamas by others.- Gaza - In the Gaza Strip,
Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.
Qatari mediators’ announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza to begin on 19 January ending the 15-month genocide inflicted on the besieged and decimated territory has brought relief to Palestinians at the prospect of respite from the daily regime of Israeli bombardment,