UNRWA, Israel

Middle East live updates: Israel gives UNRWA 48 hours to cease operations
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.
Israel tells UN it's shutting down all UNRWA operations in Jerusalem: 'acute security risks'
Israel demands UNRWA halt operations in Jerusalem by January 30, citing Hamas ties and security risks. The move follows Knesset legislation severing ties with the agency.
Israel to cease all contact with UNRWA Palestinian aid agency
Israel will cease all contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency and any other body acting on UNRWA's behalf, the Israel's UN envoy Danny Danon said on Tuesday. UNRWA estimates that it has provided 60 percent of the food aid that has reached Gaza since the start of the war in October 2023.
Israel to cease all contact with UNRWA aid agency
The United States has backed Israel's decision to ban and break off contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency, which has complained of a "relentless assault" on its work.
Israel Gives UNRWA Six Days to Halt Operations in East Jerusalem
The directive came in a letter to the U.N., after the Israeli Parliament banned the relief agency that has aided Palestinian refugees for decades.
Israel gives UN Palestinian agency ultimatum to leave Jerusalem
Israel’s UN ambassador on Friday announced that the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees must end its operations and vacate all its premises in Jerusalem by January 30, 2025. Defying international concerns,
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Israel's UN Ambassador tells security council UNWRA has 48 hours left
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, officially informed the members of the UN Security Council that, ...
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Israel Cuts Ties with UNRWA Amid Allegations of Terrorist Connections
Israel announced it will cease cooperation with UNRWA, the UN agency working in Gaza, citing its employment of Hamas ...
Q&A With Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon: What’s in Store for U.S.-Israel Relations Under Trump?
Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon discusses recent developments in the war in Gaza and relations with the U.S. under ...
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Israel defies UN to cut off vital Palestinian aid agency – with US approval
Israel, backed by Washington, will cease contact with the UN's Palestinian humanitarian relief agency UNRWA and any other ...
Israel defies UN, vows to cut ties with UNRWA
Israel will cease contact with the UN’s Palestinian humanitarian relief agency UNRWA and any body acting on its behalf, its ...
UNRWA says Israel ban will be disastrous, US says exaggeration
Implementation of a ban on the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel - due to start on Thursday - will be disastrous ...
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Breaking with Biden, Trump envoy expresses support for Israeli laws targeting UNRWA
US representative tells Security Council Jerusalem justified in effort to shutter UN agency over its ties to Hamas, rejects claims that doing so will spark humanitarian disaster The post Breaking with ...
Brother of Israeli hostage set to be freed by Hamas fears loved one is already dead: report
The brother of one of the Israeli hostages set to be freed in the first phase of the cease-fire deal told the Knesset that ...