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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency

A man carries a sack of donated flour distributed by UNRWA at the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Tuesday December 3, 2024.(AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
January 3, 2025, 5:36 pm
UNRWA said preparing to shutter Gaza, West Bank operations ahead of Israeli ban
Officials from the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees tell NYT it won’t be safe for staffers to operate because they rely on coordination with Israel, which will end on Jan. 28
By ToI Staff
President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Nawaf Salam delivers the court order on the request by Nicaragua to instruct Germany to cease arms sales to Israel against the background of the conflict in Gaza at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the ICJ, April 30, 2024. (Courtesy International Court of Justice / File)
December 26, 2024, 9:14 pm
ICJ takes up UN request for advisory opinion on Israel’s UNRWA ban
General Assembly has asked for the court’s position on the legality of Israel’s legislation severely limiting refugee agency’s operations in the West Bank and Gaza
By Jeremy Sharon
President Isaac Herzog, right, receives the credentials of Alexandra Rydmark, Ambassador of Sweden, October 1, 2024. (Ma'ayan Toaf/GPO)
December 20, 2024, 2:49 pm
Sweden says it will stop funding UNRWA, will increase Gaza aid to other agencies
Minister Chikli hails decision as ‘courageous and critical,’ says UNRWA ‘lost its legitimacy’ due to Oct. 7 connections; Sweden says Knesset ban on UNRWA led to decision
By Reuters
Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam reads a non-binding advisory opinion regarding Israel and disputed territories, in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
December 20, 2024, 12:01 am
UN votes to ask The Hague if Israel upholding aid obligations to Palestinians
General Assembly resolution is seen as a response to Jerusalem banning UNRWA; ambassador to UN writes letter to Security Council assuring agency can be replaced
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Palestinian Red Crescent rescuers carry the victim of an Israeli strike into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, early on December 12, 2024. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
December 12, 2024, 1:06 pm
Israeli strikes said to kill dozens in Gaza; new UN resolutions back ceasefire, UNRWA
Officials in Hamas-controlled enclave say 36 dead, among them at least 12 they say were guards protecting aid deliveries; claims are unconfirmed
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: A local volunteer of the World Central Kitchen carries a cooking pot to be used to cook meals for to needy Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 3, 2024. (AFP)
December 11, 2024, 12:39 am
World Central Kitchen fires 62 Gazan workers accused by Israel of terror ties
Aid group says Israel did not share evidence of claims, insists move taken ‘to protect our team and our operations’ and that it should not be seen as an indictment of those fired
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike on an United Nations (UNRWA) school building in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 15, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
December 9, 2024, 1:32 am
NYT: Documents show top administrators at UNRWA schools were Hamas fighters
Terror group’s internal records identify 24 school employees as operatives, half of whom were issued rifles, grenades; one principal was known to wear Hamas fatigues after school
By ToI Staff
An Israeli truck transporting aid destined for the Gaza Strip arriving at a drop-off area near the Kerem Shalom crossing, on November 28, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
December 1, 2024, 4:27 pm
UNRWA pauses aid deliveries via key Israeli crossing due to looting inside Gaza
Head of UN agency says route via Kerem Shalom no longer safe, largely blames Israel; Jerusalem downplays announcement, says only 7% of aid via crossing is coordinated with UNRWA
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians are seen storming trucks loaded with humanitarian aid brought in through a new US-built pier, in the central Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
November 19, 2024, 4:23 am
UN says nearly 100 Gaza aid trucks looted, the war’s worst theft ‘in terms of volume’
United Nations officials don’t specify who carried out the weekend ambush on humanitarian convoy; Hamas says it killed more than 20 ‘gang members involved in looting’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In Kiryat Ata, northern Israel, where a missile fired from Lebanon hit and caused damage on November 11, 2024 (Photo by Flash90)
November 15, 2024, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 15: Day 406 – Life up north feels like game of Russian roulette
Arab affairs correspondent Gianluca Pacchiani reviews new Hamas leadership and Palestinian textbooks as reporter Diana Bletter discusses deadly rocket attacks in the north
By ToI Staff
Twelve UNRWA school principals who are members of Hamas's military wing according to the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se), in an image published on November 14, 2024. (IMPACT-se)
November 14, 2024, 5:40 pm
Education organization says 5 Gaza schools are run by Hamas men employed by UNRWA
IMPACT-se says refugee agency has ‘deep ties’ to terror groups and has taken no meaningful steps to curb hateful content in curriculum
By Michael Horovitz
File: A woman instructs children on arithmetic multiplication in a classroom at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, on May 7, 2024. (AFP)
November 11, 2024, 11:21 am
As calls to deradicalize Palestinian textbooks get louder, some urge a broader focus
Since October 7, international pressure has mounted on the PA to remove indoctrination from its curriculum, but expert says true societal shift must go beyond classrooms
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon arrives for a meeting of the UN Security Council, at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2024. (Frank Franklin II/AP)
November 8, 2024, 3:49 am
Israeli envoy to UN says Trump win offers opportunity to put kibosh on ICC, ICJ probes
Danny Danon tells ToI he expects president-elect to pressure global bodies that hold Israel to double standard, speculates lame duck Biden won’t back UNSC ceasefire resolution
By Jacob Magid
A Palestinian child sits on top of sacks of flour at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid distribution centre in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on November 3, 2024. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
November 7, 2024, 2:55 pm
UN to Israel: Replacing UNRWA aid agency is your responsibility, not ours
Guterres’s office warns global body can’t provide alternative to Palestinian relief organization; Israel’s envoy says notion that UNRWA is irreplaceable is ‘absurd’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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)
November 4, 2024, 9:53 am
Israel informs UN that 1967 agreement recognizing UNRWA is void
FM Katz dismisses idea that no other agency can do UNRWA work, says it handles only 13% of Gaza aid; Israel’s UN envoy says Israel won’t cooperate with groups that promote terror
By Lazar Berman
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