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Gaza becoming "graveyard of children, starving people," says UNRWA chief,
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Gaza has become the graveyard of children and starving people, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said, adding that Tel Aviv is engineering a "cruel and Machiavellian scheme to kill" in Gaza.
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Hunger worsening in Gaza: UNRWA
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has warned that for the people of Gaza, everything is running out: time, food, medicine -- and safe places have already disappeared.
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UNRWA: Aid going into Gaza now needle in haystack
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini described the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as dire, saying current aid deliveries are "a needle in a haystack." He urged for a meaningful and uninterrupted flow of 500-600 trucks daily, stressing that lives are at risk and that aid must not be ham
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'I accuse guterres, UNRWA of enabling terrorism': Israeli Foreign Minister
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As legal proceedings at the International Court of Justice resumed on Monday addressing the war against Hamas, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar condemned the hearing, calling it a "disgraceful" attempt to "politicize and abuse the legal process" aimed at "delegitimizing" Israel.
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Foreign Minister Sa'ar dismisses ICJ hearing on Israel as 'ridiculous'
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar spoke about the hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the UNRWA (UN Relief Works Agency) advisory opinion on its having been banned from operating by the Israeli government, which will start tomorrow in The Hague.
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Egypt condemns Israeli closure orders to UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Egypt strongly condemned on Wednesday the Israeli occupation's closure orders for six schools operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem.
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Dozens of Palestinians killed, wounded in Israeli bombing of Gaza Strip
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At least 19 Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens of others were wounded following Israeli airstrikes on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) clinic in the northern Gaza Strip.
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"All lines crossed in Gaza": UNRWA Commissioner-General
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Israeli Forces airstrikes hit a UNRWA building in Jabalia northern Gaza today, said Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General.
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UNRWA collapse will doom generation of Palestinian Children: Commissioner-
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, warned that the collapse of the agency would deprive an entire generation of Palestinian children of education.
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate enforcement of UNRWA law
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday instructed the immediate enforcement of the UNRWA law, which was passed by the Knesset with broad support.
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Trump reinstates "maximum pressure" on Iran, withdraws US from UNHRC
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders to reinstate the "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran, withdraw the US from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and cut funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
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Trump to pull US from UN Human Rights Council, stop relief agency funding:
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
US President Donald Trump is anticipated to sign an executive order on Tuesday, formally withdrawing the United States from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and prohibiting future funding for the UN relief agency UNRWA, Politico reported, citing an official document.
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