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Pakistan, seven other Muslim nations back U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees

December 13, 2025 admin

Palestinian children who fled with their parents from their houses in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, gather in the backyard of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees school, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. File | Photo Credit: AP Eight leading Muslim countries, including Pakistan, have expressed…

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Israel ends agreement with UN agency providing aid in Gaza

November 4, 2024 admin

Israel said Monday that it has terminated the agreement facilitating the work of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main aid provider in Gaza, in what appeared to be a step to implement legislation passed last month that would sever ties with the agency and prevent it from operating in Israel. Israel says the…

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Australia Rejects Visa Application Of Over 7000 Palestinians, Prefers Israelis: Report

August 16, 2024 admin

Australia is rejecting the majority of visa applications from Palestinians fleeing Gaza. The air and ground operation has killed more than 40,000 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-ruled territory’s health ministry. After Palestinian terrorist group Hamas carried out the deadliest attack in Israeli history on October 7, 2023, Israel responded with a devastating military…

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Israeli strike kills 16 at UN-run school in Gaza as ceasefire talks continue

July 6, 2024 admin

People search the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment at the Jaouni school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Hamas authorities in Gaza said an Israeli strike on…

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Chief Of UN Agency For Palestinians Refugees Stopped From Entering Gaza

March 18, 2024 admin

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini Cairo: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Monday Israel had blocked him from entering the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip where the UN has warned of impending famine. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said he had “intended to go into Rafah today, but was informed my entry had…

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UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians

October 31, 2023 admin

The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees told a UN emergency meeting on Monday “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions,” accusing Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians. Philippe Lazzarini warned that a further breakdown of civil order after…

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United Nations warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief operations as bombings rise

October 25, 2023 admin

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on October 25 that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and hit by devastating Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The…

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An Ice-cream Truck Packed With Corpses As Gaza Is Pounded By Israel

October 17, 2023 admin

Israel has been pounding Gaza targets for days. Palestinian Territories: As Gaza’s hospital morgues overflow with victims killed in Israel’s bombardment triggered by a deadly Hamas attack, even an ice-cream truck has been used to hold corpses before their burial. Israel has been pounding Gaza targets for days, seeking to wipe out the enclave’s rulers,…

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