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Israel awaits release of hostages as UNRWA agency faces closure

Hamas was set to release three Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals today, including 20-year-old soldier Agam Berger, who has...
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UNRWA chief warns man-made famine tightening grip across Gaza

A man-made famine is "tightening its grip" across the Gaza Strip, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee...
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Japan resumes funding to embattled Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA

Japan on Tuesday said it will lift its suspension of funding to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as...
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EU holds back part of UNRWA payment but boosts Palestinian aid

The European Commission said on Friday it would hold back part of a payment of 82 million euros for...
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Hamas had command tunnel under U.N. Gaza headquarters, Israeli military says

Israeli forces have discovered a tunnel network hundreds of metres (yards) long and running partly under UNRWA's Gaza headquarters,...
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Norway gives $26 mln to UNRWA this year, more could come

Norway is giving 275 million crowns ($26 million) this year to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and...
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UNRWA funding cuts put Lebanon’s Palestinian refugees on alert

Like many fellow residents of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Shady Choucair despaired when he heard last week...
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Palestinians in Gaza see UNRWA funding cuts as ‘death sentence’

Palestinian mother Mazouza Hassan stood aghast at the potential threats to the work of the U.N. agency that handles...
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What is UNRWA, the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency?

Major donors to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) have suspended funding after allegations emerged that around 12 of...
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U.N. observes minute’s silence for 101 staff killed in Gaza

United Nations workers observed a minute's silence on Monday to honour the more than 100 employees killed in Gaza...
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Forced displacement, collective punishment happening in Gaza – UNRWA

The head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) warned the Security Council on Monday that Palestinians in...

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