On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, ...

The headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, was deserted on Wednesday as staff ...

Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash.

UN refugee agency says it has not received any official statement on how Israel's parliament will implement ban ...

Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that ...

U.N. officials vowed Thursday that the agency would continue to deliver services in the occupied Palestinian territories for as long as possible.

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Besides UNRWA’s critical humanitarian role, refugees – who account for 71 percent of Gaza’s population – fear they will be left without a link to their family’s original homes or a right to ever ...

Israel's imminent ban of the UN agency deepens the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and aims to criminalise all international aid for Palestinians across the occupied territories ...

Mr. Zubeidi, who was also once a theater director, stunned Israelis and Palestinians alike when he and others broke out of ...

• Eight hostages – three Israeli and five Thai – are set to be released from Gaza on Thursday. The three Israelis are Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses, according to the Israeli Prime ...

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in captivity in Gaza ...