The EU says it will send funds to Gaza's main aid provider after the UN agency agrees to an audit
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The EU says it will send funds to Gaza's main aid provider after the UN agency agrees to an audit

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The European Union said Friday that it will pay 50 million euros to the main provider of aid in Gaza next week after the cash-strapped U.N. agency agreed to allow EU-appointed experts to audit the way it screens staff to identify extremists. The commission said the agency has now “indicated that it stands ready to ensure that a review of its staff is carried out to confirm they did not participate in the attacks and that further controls are put in place to mitigate such risks in the future.” The commission said the funds will be dispatched next week once UNRWA has confirmed in writing that it accepts the EU's conditions. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini welcomed the EU’s announcement and said that the commitment to provide money next week “comes at a critical time.” “The full disbursement of the EU contribution is key to the agency’s ability to maintain its operations in a very volatile area,” he tweeted. Even as the commission was negotiating the terms of its audit, Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarčič told EU lawmakers this week that “we have not received any evidence supporting the allegations by Israel that UNWRA’s staff were involved in the terrible events on 7 October.” “To our knowledge, none of the donors — other donors — have received any evidence,” he added.

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More than a quarter of aid sent to Gaza is being looted by mobs or stolen by gangs, with violent attacks on convoys 'out of control', UN officials say
1 day ago

More than a quarter of aid sent to Gaza is being looted by mobs or stolen by gangs, with violent attacks on convoys 'out of control', UN officials say

Daily Mail  

More than a quarter of aid sent to Gaza is being looted by mobs or stolen by gangs, UN officials have said. Three UN and US officials said that gang violence has spiralled out of control, crippling supply lines on which most of Gaza's 2.1 million civilians rely for survival. Palestinians including children wait in line to receive food in …

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting

Firstpost  

The U.N. agency’s decision could worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid A displaced boy covers his head with a pan as he runs from the rain past building rubble at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip …

UN agency suspends aid deliveries through main crossing into Gaza after convoy attacked
3 weeks, 2 days ago

UN agency suspends aid deliveries through main crossing into Gaza after convoy attacked

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UN agency for Palestinian …

UNRWA pauses aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing
3 weeks, 3 days ago

UNRWA pauses aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing

New Indian Express  

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has halted the delivery of aid through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza because of security concerns, its chief said Sunday. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country "must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers". The United Nations said last month that 333 aid workers …

U.N. halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel
3 weeks, 3 days ago

U.N. halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel

LA Times  

Asma Al-Kharobi, 16, feeds her 10-month-old sister bread mixed with water at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted convoys. “So …

UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians
3 weeks, 3 days ago

UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

Suspension of humanitarian aid into Gaza comes as Israeli attacks kill almost 100 Palestinians in the last 24 hours. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country “must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers”. On Thursday, the UN agency said “out of the 91 attempts the agency has made to deliver aid to besieged …

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis
1 month ago

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Israeli PM Netanyahu offers $5m reward for captives freed from Gaza
1 month ago

Israeli PM Netanyahu offers $5m reward for captives freed from Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu offers big cash reward and safe way out of war-torn Gaza as inducement to free Israeli captives. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said $5m will be given as a reward for each captive released from Gaza and those that help free Israelis held by Hamas will be given a way out of the war-torn Palestinian territory. Describing …

Gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza, according to the United Nations
1 month ago

Gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza, according to the United Nations

ABC  

More than 100 aid trucks carrying desperately needed supplies in Gaza have been "violently looted", according to the United Nations' Palestinian aid agency. "The vast majority of the trucks, 97 in total, were lost and drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid," UNRWA said in a statement on social media. "The Israeli authorities continue to disregard their legal obligations …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Israel’s UNRWA ban is another declaration of genocidal intent
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s UNRWA ban is another declaration of genocidal intent

Al Jazeera  

Israel doesn’t attack UNRWA only for its memorialisation of the right of return, but because it helps to nourish, to educate, and to administer care to Palestinians. This strategy long pre-dated October 2023 – almost the entire population of Gaza was forced to depend on humanitarian aid under Israel’s siege and occupation, with an average of 500 aid trucks entering …

US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza
1 month, 1 week ago

US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday that Israel has made some good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and will not limit arms transfers to Israel as it had threatened to a month ago if the situation had not improved. “We want to see the totality of the humanitarian situation improve, and we …

Aid to Gaza falls to lowest level in 11 months as US ultimatum nears expiry, raising tensions with Israel
1 month, 1 week ago

Aid to Gaza falls to lowest level in 11 months as US ultimatum nears expiry, raising tensions with Israel

Firstpost  

Nearly a month after US issued an ultimatum to Israel threatening sanctions if humanitarian supplies to Gaza were not increased, the aid reaching the war-torn enclave has fallen to its lowest level in 11 months since December, according to a report, citing official Israeli figures Nearly a month after US issued an ultimatum to Israel threatening sanctions if humanitarian supplies …

UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’, UNRWA chief says
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’, UNRWA chief says

Al Jazeera  

Philippe Lazzarini calls on the United Nations to prevent the ban on UNRWA in Israel and the occupied territories. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees is facing its “darkest hour” and requires ongoing support from UN members after Israel’s decision to ban the organisation, its chief has said. “Without intervention by member states, UNRWA will collapse, …

Israel 'offers Hamas millions of dollars' for each of the remaining October 7 hostages, with their captors allowed to leave Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel 'offers Hamas millions of dollars' for each of the remaining October 7 hostages, with their captors allowed to leave Gaza

Daily Mail  

Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly offering Hamas 'millions of dollars' for each remaining hostage kidnapped by the terrorist group during the October 7 attacks. Those who are yet to return home include dual British-Israeli citizen Emily Damari, 28, who was forcibly taken from her home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel. Israel 's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

Middle East latest: Israel ends agreement with UN agency providing aid in Gaza
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Middle East latest: Israel ends agreement with UN agency providing aid in Gaza

The Independent  

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Israel ends agreement with U.N. agency providing aid in Gaza
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel ends agreement with U.N. agency providing aid in Gaza

LA Times  

Palestinians on Monday mourn over the body of Naji al-Baba,16, who the Gaza Health Ministry said was killed by Israeli forces in the town of Halhul in the West Bank. Israel said Monday that it has terminated the agreement facilitating the work of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main provider of aid in Gaza, in what appeared to …

U.S. gives Israel a ‘fail’ grade on improving aid to Gaza so far
1 month, 3 weeks ago

U.S. gives Israel a ‘fail’ grade on improving aid to Gaza so far

LA Times  

Palestinians gather to receive bags of flour distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Saturday. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Monday gave Israel a “fail” grade in terms of meeting the conditions for an improvement in aid deliveries to Gaza laid out in a letter last month to senior Israeli …

Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all

CNN  

Jerusalem CNN — Benjamin Netanyahu sat down for his regular cabinet meeting and had some words for a new ally – and an old enemy. In any case, the head of UNRWA has said that the legislation “will only deepen the suffering of Palestinians, especially in Gaza where people have been going through more than a year of sheer hell.” …

What would Israel shutting down UNRWA mean for displaced Palestinians?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What would Israel shutting down UNRWA mean for displaced Palestinians?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The legislation, which could lead to the closure of …

Israel’s U.N. aid agency ban will lead to more suffering for Palestinians, chief says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel’s U.N. aid agency ban will lead to more suffering for Palestinians, chief says

LA Times  

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the U.N. The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees said Wednesday that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create further instability in Gaza and the West Bank. UNRWA has been the main agency procuring and distributing aid in the …

Israel steps up weaponizing of humanitarian aid
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel steps up weaponizing of humanitarian aid

China Daily  

Children look on inside the UNRWA Siblin Training Centre, where displaced Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians are being hosted, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Sidon, Lebanon, October 29, 2024. Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main United Nations agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from …

Aid fears in Gaza as Israel bans UN refugee agency
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Aid fears in Gaza as Israel bans UN refugee agency

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Israel’s parliament has declared UNRWA …

Coalition calls for UNRWA funding to be diverted to other aid groups after laws passed to ban group from Israel
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Coalition calls for UNRWA funding to be diverted to other aid groups after laws passed to ban group from Israel

ABC  

Australian money paid to the United Nations agency working in Gaza should be diverted to a different aid group, the federal opposition says, following Israel's move to ban UNRWA from operating within its borders. Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham said it was a matter for Israel's parliament to decide its own laws, "just as the US passed legislation banning US …

Concern as Israel bans UN refugee agency from providing aid to Gaza
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Concern as Israel bans UN refugee agency from providing aid to Gaza

Daily Mail  

Israel last night passed legislation that could threaten the work of the United Nations providing aid to Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil. Who can do its job?’ Protesters hold up a banner reading 'stop the massacre' against Mr Netanyahu's government and calling on ministers to secure the immediate release of the hostages People climb through a …

Israel passes legislation that severely restricts U.N. agency that is a lifeline for Gaza
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel passes legislation that severely restricts U.N. agency that is a lifeline for Gaza

LA Times  

Palestinians gather in a morgue with the bodies of their relatives killed in Israeli airstrikes in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday. Under the first law, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, would be banned from conducting “any activity” or providing any service inside Israel, while the second would sever diplomatic ties …

Israel bans UN aid agency UNRWA from working within the country
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel bans UN aid agency UNRWA from working within the country

The Telegraph  

Israel has banned the UN’s Palestinian aid agency from operating within the country and the occupied areas under its control. Despite international concern over the move, Israeli politicians voted overwhelmingly for a bill that effectively prevents the United Nations Relief and Works Agency from operating in Israeli territory. Monday night’s move comes amid growing concern over conditions in Gaza, where …

India's Humanitarian Aid to Palestine: A Much-Needed Gesture
2 months ago

India's Humanitarian Aid to Palestine: A Much-Needed Gesture

Live Mint  

India sends humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people through UNRWA. The first tranche of assistance comprising 30 tons of medicine and food items has departed today. The consignment includes a wide range of essential medicines and surgical supplies, dental products, general medical items and high-energy biscuits.

Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high
2 months, 1 week ago

Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a statement announcing a …

U.S. Warns Israel To Boost Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Or Risk Weapons Funding
2 months, 1 week ago

U.S. Warns Israel To Boost Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Or Risk Weapons Funding

Huff Post  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a press conference during the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summits in Vientiane on October 11, 2024. TANG CHHIN SOTHY via Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 …

Israel Blocking Over 80% Of Food Assistance Into A Starving Gaza, Aid Groups Say
3 months, 1 week ago

Israel Blocking Over 80% Of Food Assistance Into A Starving Gaza, Aid Groups Say

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Israel is blocking more than 80% of food deliveries from entering a starving Gaza, according to data compiled by more than a dozen humanitarian groups warning of the dire consequences of the military’s almost year-long siege on the Palestinian territory. Alongside Israel’s nonstop bombing that has flattened entire neighborhoods and shredded Palestinian bodies, the ongoing obstruction of …

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
3 months, 1 week ago

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

China Daily  

A member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees checks the courtyard of a school after an Israeli air strike hit the site, in al-Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Sept 11, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - Six staff members of the UN relief agency for Palestinians, known as UNRWA, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in …

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
3 months, 1 week ago

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

China Daily  

A member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees checks the courtyard of a school after an Israeli air strike hit the site, in al-Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Sept 11, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - Six staff members of the UN relief agency for Palestinians, known as UNRWA, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in …

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
3 months, 1 week ago

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-12 13:55 A member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees checks the courtyard of a school after an Israeli air strike hit the site, in al-Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Sept 11, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - Six staff members of the UN relief agency for Palestinians, known as UNRWA, were …

Ceasefire talks: Progress made in Gaza ceasefire talks but still work to do on ‘final details,’ US official says
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ceasefire talks: Progress made in Gaza ceasefire talks but still work to do on ‘final details,’ US official says

CNN  

CNN — Negotiators continue to work to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Monday, following a massive exchange of fire between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over the weekend. The US official said the current proposal calls for an Israeli …

Aid worker deaths soared after Israel launched latest war on Gaza: UN
4 months ago

Aid worker deaths soared after Israel launched latest war on Gaza: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN office warns that a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and fears further grim milestones could be set as wars rage. More than half of the 280 aid workers killed worldwide in 2023 died during the first three months of Israel’s war on Gaza, according to the United Nations. The rise in deaths, mainly due to …

Israel’s Western allies slam Israeli minister’s remark that Gaza starvation may be justified
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel’s Western allies slam Israeli minister’s remark that Gaza starvation may be justified

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by the country’s far-right finance minister who suggested that the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until hostages captured in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel are returned home. “It’s not possible in today’s global reality to manage a war — no …

Israeli parliament approves bill to label U.N. relief agency UNRWA as a terror organisation
5 months ago

Israeli parliament approves bill to label U.N. relief agency UNRWA as a terror organisation

The Hindu  

The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organisation for Palestinians a terrorist organisation and proposes to sever relations with the body. The vote against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees is the latest step in a Israeli push against the agency, which Israeli leaders have …

Government recommits to funding UNRWA as David Lammy praises ‘life-saving work’
5 months ago

Government recommits to funding UNRWA as David Lammy praises ‘life-saving work’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The foreign secretary also said …

Labour to restore funding to UN agency ‘linked to Hamas’
5 months ago

Labour to restore funding to UN agency ‘linked to Hamas’

The Telegraph  

Labour has restored taxpayer funding to a UN agency that was implicated in the Oct 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel. Rishi Sunak cut off funding to UNRWA after allegations emerged that some of its staff were involved in the Oct 7 attacks, in which 1,139 Israelis were killed. Mr Lammy said UNRWA provides vital aid to the 2.2 million …

UK to resume funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
5 months ago

UK to resume funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Al Jazeera  

New Labour government says UNRWA ‘absolutely central’ to humanitarian aid, commits to providing $27m. The new Labour government in the United Kingdom has announced it will resume funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. “We are overturning the suspension of UNRWA funding,” British Foreign Secretary David Lammy told Parliament on Friday, adding that the UN agency was “absolutely central” …

UNRWA says struggles to prevent spread of diseases in Gaza
5 months, 1 week ago

UNRWA says struggles to prevent spread of diseases in Gaza

China Daily  

A man walks past a destroyed building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on July 17, 2024. GAZA - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said Wednesday that it is struggling to prevent the spread of diseases among displaced people in the Gaza Strip. "High temperatures, severe overcrowding, water …

UN agency vital for Gaza refugees: China Daily editorial
5 months, 1 week ago

UN agency vital for Gaza refugees: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA, following an Israeli raid, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City on July 12. That 118 countries have signed a joint statement supporting the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East reflects the international community's recognition of the agency as an …

India hands over first tranche of $2.5 million for Palestinian refugees amid Israel-Hamas War
5 months, 1 week ago

India hands over first tranche of $2.5 million for Palestinian refugees amid Israel-Hamas War

India TV News  

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing war in Gaza, India on Monday released the first tranche of USD 2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, fulfilling its annual commitment of 5 million US dollars for the year 2024-25. UNRWA, functional since 1950, carries out direct relief and works programmes for registered Palestinian refugees. The UN …

Despite UN appeal, US and UK don’t fund ‘critical lifeline’ to Palestinians
5 months, 1 week ago

Despite UN appeal, US and UK don’t fund ‘critical lifeline’ to Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

Israel has tried for years to dismantle the UNRWA, which helps Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a pledge conference in New York on Friday that the UNRWA faces “a profound funding gap” and that without financial support to the organisation “Palestinian refugees will lose a critical lifeline and the last ray of hope for …

Humza Yousaf faces review over £250k Gaza funding
5 months, 1 week ago

Humza Yousaf faces review over £250k Gaza funding

The Telegraph  

Former first minister Humza Yousaf faces a review into a series of donations the Scottish government made to a Gaza aid agency while members of his family were trapped in the warzone. Earlier this year, The Telegraph revealed that Mr Yousaf overrode officials to give £250,000 to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. He stepped in after officials recommended …

Head of US aid agency says Israel has pledged to improve safety for humanitarian workers in Gaza
5 months, 1 week ago

Head of US aid agency says Israel has pledged to improve safety for humanitarian workers in Gaza

Associated Press  

ASHDOD, Israel — The head of the U.S. agency overseeing American humanitarian assistance worldwide on Thursday said she has received Israeli pledges to allow aid workers to move more quickly and safely throughout the war-battered Gaza Strip. In an interview with The Associated Press, Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said that Israel has also taken …

Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire in Gaza after dropping key demand, officials say
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire in Gaza after dropping key demand, officials say

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — Hamas has given its initial approval of a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel commit up front to a complete end to the war, a Hamas official and an Egyptian official said Saturday. The two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations, said …

Israelis’ lawsuit says U.N. agency helps Hamas by paying Gaza staff in dollars
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Israelis’ lawsuit says U.N. agency helps Hamas by paying Gaza staff in dollars

LA Times  

A wall in Jerusalem displays photographs of people who were kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in southern Israel. Israelis who were taken hostage or lost loved ones during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack are suing the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, claiming it has helped finance the militants by paying agency staffers in U.S. dollars and thereby funneling …

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