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Buildings destroyed in the war between Israel and Hamas lie in ruins around the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, during an IDF-organized tour for journalists, November 5, 2025. (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)
December 12, 2025, 6:45 pm
Report: Israel agrees to US demand to pay for massive Gaza rubble-clearing operation
Washington said to expect Israel to finance, oversee debris removal as a 1st step toward reconstruction, in project that could cost over $1 billion and take years to complete
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 2, 2024, 7:36 pm
UN says Gaza reconstruction to cost $30-40 billion, damage on scale unseen since WWII
United Nations Development Programme report estimates Palestinian economy has shrunk by 26.9% since Hamas’s October 7 massacre
By AFP and ToI Staff
The FSO Safer in an undated photo. (Courtesy: Safer Exploration and Production Operations)
March 13, 2023, 2:25 am
UN buys ship to begin removing oil from decaying tanker off Yemen
Long-sought operation to avert spill that could decimate Red Sea coastal communities and marine life follows deal with Iran-backed Houthi rebels, drawn-out fundraising campaign
By Sue Surkes
An Afghan refugee boy carries a bag of mangoes on his shoulder in Karachi, Pakistan, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
July 7, 2022, 12:51 pm
71 million people have fallen below poverty line since Ukraine war, UN says
As prices soar in wake of Russian invasion, nearly 70% of the world’s population is living in poverty or vulnerable to it
By Aya Batrawy
A picture shows a view of Wadi Gaza, a wetland area in the central Gaza Strip on February 9, 2022 (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
February 12, 2022, 9:08 am
Pollution clean-up aims to create Gaza’s first nature reserve
Gaza Valley is set for a UN-backed, decade-long clean-up effort, with plans to make it into a cultural, sporting attraction
By Agencies
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani attends the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on December 5, 2017. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
October 11, 2018, 3:39 pm
Qatar pledges $150 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza
Rulers orders transfer of funds ‘to lessen the increasing graveness of the humanitarian tragedy’ in the Strip
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Waheed Borsh (C), a United Nations worker who was accused by Israel of aiding the Islamist group Hamas, celebrates with his relatives at his family home in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip City after he was released from prison on January 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
January 12, 2017, 7:38 pm
Israel frees Palestinian UN worker jailed for aiding Hamas
Waheed Borsh decries ‘unjust’ prosecution after court drops initial allegation that he joined Gaza terror group
By AFP
Palestinian Waheed Borsh (C), a UN Development Programme employee in Gaza who is accused of aiding the terror group Hamas, looks on during his indictment at Beersheba District Court on August 28, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI)
January 4, 2017, 7:40 pm
Palestinian UN worker sentenced to 7 months for aiding Hamas
Waheed Borsh convicted of diverting materials to build jetty, aiding Gaza terror group; likely to be released next week under plea deal
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Waheed Borsh (C), a UN Development Programme employee in Gaza who is accused of aiding the terror group Hamas, looks on during his indictment at Beersheba District Court on August 28, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI)
August 28, 2016, 1:36 pm
Hearing for UN worker accused of helping Hamas delayed for month
Aid worker accused of diverting materials to terror group to stay in custody as defense lawyer requests more time
By AFP
Mohammad el-Halabi, a manager of the World Vision charity's operations in the Gaza Strip, was indicted on August 4, 2016, for diverting the charity's funds to the Hamas terrorist organization. (Screen capture: World Vision)
August 26, 2016, 5:01 pm
Israel denies secrecy on Gaza aid workers suspected of helping Hamas
Foreign Ministry rejects claim that ‘key allies’ were kept in the dark on allegations against World Vision, UN staffers
By ToI Staff
A photograph of Beersheba in the 1950s. (The Encyclopedia of Israel in Pictures/Wikimedia)
August 25, 2016, 10:38 pm
Beersheba, where Abraham and Isaac dug wells? The UN says it’s ‘Ber asaabeaa’
World body calls southern Israeli city by its Arabic name in letter demanding release of UN worker accused of aiding Hamas
By ToI Staff
Waheed Abd Allah Bossh, an engineer with the UN's Development Program, accused of using his position to aid the Hamas terrorist organization, on August 9, 2016. (Shin Bet)
August 25, 2016, 9:03 pm
UN demands Israel free staffer alleged to have funneled resources for Hamas naval base
‘No immunity for terrorists,’ Jerusalem tells international body regarding engineer who allegedly pushed projects to benefit terror group
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian construction laborers work on a water well at a Saudi Arabia-funded housing project executed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, August 9, 2016. (AFP/Said Khatib)
August 14, 2016, 3:05 am
UN says Gaza employee diverted rubble on PA instructions
Wahid Bossh, 38, is charged by Israel with transferring 300 tons of rubble to help build a Hamas naval facility
By AFP
Palestinian construction laborers work on a water well at a Saudi Arabia-funded housing project executed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, August 9, 2016. (AFP/Said Khatib)
August 9, 2016, 9:37 pm
UN vows ‘thorough review’ after Israel says staffer aided Hamas
UNDP employee denies assisting terror group in Gaza, while organization expresses ‘great concern’ over allegations
By Joe Dyke
Waheed Abd Allah Bossh, an engineer with the UN's Development Program, accused of using his position to aid the Hamas terrorist organization, on August 9, 2016. (Shin Bet)
August 9, 2016, 1:38 pm
Israel charges UN employee with aiding Hamas in Gaza
In third such case in a week, Shin Bet claims Development Program engineer directed resources to Palestinian terror group
By Judah Ari Gross
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