UNRWA has for decades run schools and clinics in East Jerusalem for tens of thousands of registered refugees there. The agency was established in 1949 following Israel’s 1948 War of Independence.

The UN has said that nine UNRWA staff may have been involved and were fired. A Hamas commander in Lebanon – killed in ...

UNRWA ban in Israel due to start Thursday UNRWA crucial in Gaza aid, no alternative agency, UN says Operations in Gaza Strip, West Bank will also suffer, UNRWA says UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (Reuters ...

A Hamas commander in Lebanon killed in September by Israel was found to have had a UNRWA job. Last month, UNRWA confirmed ...

It says UNRWA staff took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. ... A Hamas commander in Lebanon - killed in September by Israel - was also found to have had an UNRWA job.

In the poor, densely populated neighborhood of at least 16,500 people, UNRWA runs four schools, a job training center, a medical clinic and garbage collection. All the services are free.

U.S. funding to UNRWA was suspended last year until March 2025 under a deal reached by U.S. lawmakers and after Israel accused 12 of the agency's 13,000 ... was found to have had an UNRWA job.

The U.S. was UNRWA's biggest donor - providing $300 million-$400 million a year - but former President Joe Biden paused funding in January 2024 after Israel accused about a dozen UNRWA staff of ...

In a briefing a day before the ban was set to come into place, David Mencer, a spokesperson for the Israeli government, claimed that UNRWA was only responsible for 0.6 per cent of Gaza’s ...