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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (right) attend a World Health Organization roundtable with key donors and humanitarian partners in Amman, Jordan, on February 25, 2026. (PA via Reuters)
February 25, 2026, 3:41 pm
Prince Harry and Meghan to meet refugees from Gaza on two-day trip to Jordan
Visit comes at invitation of WHO director general after the pair donated $500,000 last year to causes benefiting Palestinian refugees, humanitarian efforts
By ToI Staff
A woman holds a child as they stand in front of their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians set up in an area in Gaza City, December 29, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
January 5, 2026, 11:19 pm
Seven Israelis stranded in Gaza blocked from returning due to bureaucratic stalemate
Report says six citizens and one East Jerusalem resident stuck in Strip since before Oct. 7 remain blocked as government bodies pass responsibility
By Stav Levaton
Residents of the Nur Shams Palestinian refugee camp watch their homes being demolished on New Year's eve by an Israeli military excavator in the Nur Shams camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, amid an ongoing offensives in the West Bank on December 31, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
January 1, 2026, 3:34 am
Israel begins demolishing 25 buildings in West Bank Palestinian refugee camp
IDF says buildings torn down as part of counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank; Palestinians say thousands forced out of their homes in past year have yet to return
By Agencies
A UN employee stands at a UNRWA school in the Jalazone camp north of Ramallah in the West Bank, on November 4, 2024. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
September 25, 2025, 3:24 am
Countries recognizing Palestine elide issue of refugees, a core obstacle in conflict
France, UK, Portugal silent on descendants of displaced Palestinians, despite issue’s centrality to Israeli-Palestinian impasse; Australia and Canada back a ‘just solution’
By Luke Tress
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (L) speaks during an economic event titled "Strengthening Indonesia's Economic Resilience Amid the Wave of Trade Tariff Wars" in Jakarta on April 8, 2025. (Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)
April 9, 2025, 8:42 am
Indonesia willing to temporarily house 1,000 refugees from Gaza
‘We are ready to evacuate the wounded, the traumatized, the orphans,’ president says, adds Palestinians would be able to return once they’re healed and Gaza is safe enough to return to
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians walk through a muddy road amid the destruction in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2025. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)
February 7, 2025, 4:33 pm
Reports: Morocco, 2 disputed Somalia regions considered as destinations for Gazans
Somaliland and Puntland named as locations under discussion for Gazan relocation per Trump’s plans; Israeli official says any talk of destinations is ‘extremely premature’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian boys carry their national flag, as they stand on the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Syrian civil war and also demolished by the Damascus government or stripped by thieves, at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, outside Damascus, Syria, December 14, 2024. (Hussein Malla/AP)
December 15, 2024, 10:52 am
Palestinian refugees return to uncertain future in Yarmouk under new Syrian regime
Residents of civil war-ruined district hope they can rebuild their homes, but do not know if rebels who ousted hostile Assad government are friends or foes
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative -- Palestinians cross to the Egyptian side of the border crossing with the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
April 4, 2024, 2:16 am
UK charities urge government to welcome Gazans with family ties in Britain
Tens of thousands of Gazans who manage to leave the Strip linger in limbo, with very few countries – none in the Arab world – willing to take them in as refugees
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Palestinian men and children gather for a demonstration in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 30, 2024, calling for continued international support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. (AFP)
February 10, 2024, 6:17 pm
Senior UN official: US proposal to fund other agencies instead of UNRWA not viable
OCHA head in Palestinian territories tells ToI dismantling aid organization, some of whose members are accused of ties to terror, would lead to humanitarian disaster
By Jacob Magid
An aerial picture shows displaced Palestinians who fled Khan Yunis setting up camp in Rafah further south near the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, on December 7, 2023 (Mahmud Hams / AFP)
December 8, 2023, 1:03 pm
Egypt said to warn Israel ties could ‘rupture’ if Gaza multitudes flee to Sinai
Officials quoted by Axios say Cairo has cautioned US, Israel not to push Palestinian refugees into Egypt; other reports claim forcing population south is part of Hamas plan
By ToI Staff
MK Ram Ben Barak attends a discussion at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 28, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
November 14, 2023, 11:24 pm
Centrist MK says call on European countries to take Gaza refugees was misunderstood
Ram Ben Barak says he believes Gazans should have right to choose whether they stay in enclave or leave, after proposal was lauded by far-right minister, panned by dovish watchdog
By ToI Staff
Ram Ben-Barak (left) and Danny Danon (right) (Yonatan Sindel, Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash 90)
November 14, 2023, 12:15 pm
Two Israeli lawmakers call on European countries to take in Gaza refugees
Criticizing international community for not helping in tangible way, a coalition and an opposition MK urge countries to find solutions for 1.2 million Gazans displaced by war
By ToI Staff
Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip, October 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
October 19, 2023, 10:31 pm
Despite Republican warnings, Palestinian refugees unlikely to storm US borders
Former US president Donald Trump, Florida’s DeSantis pressure Washington to close gates to Gazans seeking refuge on other side of world
By Will Weissert
Smoke rises during clashes between gunmen from Fatah and rival Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 11, 2023, 10:06 pm
Truce declared in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp after days of clashes
Lebanese general hosts officials from rival factions for talks to end deadly fighting in Ein el-Hilweh, which erupted when previous ceasefire broke down last week
By Agencies
Smoke rises during clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah group and Islamist militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 11, 2023, 1:17 pm
Islamists in Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon say they will honor ceasefire
Tense calm in Ein el-Hilweh after three days of clashes killed at least five people and left hundreds of families displaced
By FADI TAWIL and Kareem Chehayeb
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