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UN chief visits Rafah crossing, decries blocked aid trucks there as 'moral outrage' ■ U.S. officially bars funding for UNRWA through March 2025 ■ IDF says it detained at least 800 suspects and killed 170 Hamas members at Al-Shifa Hospital ■ White House to share alternative options to Rafah offensive with Israeli officials ■ Here's what you need to know 169 days into the war

Spending bills due to pass Friday include a year-long ban on U.S. UNRWA funding, as the threat of famine in Gaza looms closer. The U.S. provides most of the agency's funds, and officials believe UNRWA only has enough to operate for the next two months

Mossad chief lands in Qatar for another round of talks for a hostage release/cease-fire deal ■ IDF says it arrested more than 80 in raid on Al-Shifa Hospital after 'concrete evidence' showed Hamas was using it ■ Israel denied UNRWA chief entry to Gaza ■ PM Netanyahu spoke with Biden on the phone for the first time in over a month but didn't release read-out of talk as usual ■ Here's what you need to know 164 days into the war

A total of 16 donors, including the United States and Britain, paused their funding to UNRWA after Israel alleged that 12 UNRWA staff had been involved in Hamas' October 7 attacks

UNRWA sacked the staff accused by Israel of involvement in the Oct. 7 attacks, saying at the time that the Israeli allegations - if true - were a betrayal of UN values and of the people UNRWA serves.

  Despite the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) coming under fire and being investigated for its staff complicity in the October 7 massacre, the New York Times reported Sunday that the organization was investigating Israel for allegedly abusing hundreds of Palestinian detainees during the war. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, […]

The declaration came only a day after the European Union announced that it would maintain funding for UNRWA, despite the involvement of some of its staff in the October 7 Hamas massacre.

  Israel has significantly reduced the scope of aid distributed through UNRWA, and now most of the supplies entering Gaza are delivered gets handled by other organizations, Israel Hayom can report.  Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram According to data from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories obtained by Israel Hayom, […]

  The leadership of the United Nations Agency for Palestinians, known as UNRWA, has vehemently insisted that lack of funding – put on hold by several countries due to suspicions of involvement in the Oct. 7 massacre – would lead to an end of its aid work in the Gaza Strip.  Follow Israel Hayom on […]

  Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan harshly criticized UNRWA Saturday after the IDF discovered a Hamas tunnel and data center beneath its headquarters in the Gaza Strip. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram After Commissioner general of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini claimed that UNRWA did not know what was under its […]

  Hundreds of Jerusalem residents attended Monday a demonstration in front of the UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem calling for the closure of the organization's headquarters. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram The demonstration was held with the participation of Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King, bereaved families and relatives of kidnapped victims, and dozens […]

  During the expanded meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Prime Minister Netanyahu on Wednesday, the senior American diplomat was shown photos of a giant tunnel that was exposed in recent days underneath the central headquarters of UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, Israel Hayom has learned. The meeting was attended by senior […]

Neighboring Portugal announced additional aid to UNRWA worth one million euros. Its foreign minister wrote it was essential 'not to turn our backs on the Palestinian population at this difficult time'

Netanyahu tells Likud lawmakers 'we must not end the war until we kill Hamas' leadership' at party meeting ■ U.S. State Dept says $10 billion in proposed Gaza aid not allowed to fund UNRWA ■ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Saudi Arabian crown prince in Riyadh in first stop on fifth visit to region since Oct. 7 ■ Russia summons Israeli ambassador for 'unacceptable statements' criticizing Russia's stance towards Hamas

  The recent revelation about the complicity of personnel working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Israel is not surprising. Not to anybody who has tracked the nefariousness of this organization over recent decades. Follow Israel Hayom on […]

  Norwegian Member of Parliament Asmund Aukrust has sparked controversy by expressing his intention to nominate the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) for the Nobel Peace Prize. Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram This proposal comes at a contentious time for the organization, as it faces widespread criticism […]

  Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Major General Ghassan Alian has told senior officials in the Biden administration that at this stage there is no alternative to the activities of UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, Israel Hayom has exclusively learned.  Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Alian is currently in the […]

'Eretz Nehederet,' Israel's most popular sketch comedy show, mocked the UNRWA in wake of recent Oct. 7 Hamas-affiliation allegations. It also had a fictional UN chief 'horrified ;by UNRWA, saying, 'Of course, I think we need to double their funding'

The Scandinavian country urged other UNRWA donor nations to 'reflect on wider consequences,' of cutting funding amid reports of employees' taking part in Hamas and Islamic Jihad Oct. 7 attacks. 'UNWRA is a vital lifeline for 1.5 million refugees in Gaza,' Norway's foreign minister

A six-page dossier published by Israel alleges that 10% of all the 13,000 UNRWA employees have general affiliations with Hamas, with 190 "killers" ■ 10 countries have halted funding to the agency