Many were supported by UNWRA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which has a heavy presence in Gaza to this day. Meanwhile, some young Palestinians became “fedayeen ...

Emily Damari told our prime minister that she was held in an Unrwa building. But we still give them taxpayers’ money Released hostage Emily Damari and her mother Mandy spoke to Prime Minister ...

Egypt didn't consider them to be citizens and Israel wouldn't let them return to their homes. Many were supported by UNWRA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which has a heavy ...

The president will take his first meeting with a foreign leader on Tuesday, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. UNRWA has already been banned in Israel, its offices are being ...

After their home in Gaza City’s eastern Shejaiya district was destroyed during the war, they were forced to move into a former girls’ elementary school that now serves as a shelter run by UNWRA in ...

But UNWRA was alive and well over this period, until the present day when the need for it is no less than ever before given the needs of an increasing Palestinian population. Unfortunately it has been ...

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Mrs Damari has said that her daughter was held by Hamas in facilities belonging to the UN refugee agency UNWRA and “denied her access to medical treatment”. The pair also urged Sir Keir to exert ...

Mrs Damari has said that her daughter was held by Hamas in facilities belonging to the UN refugee agency UNWRA and “denied her access to medical treatment”. The pair also urged Sir Keir to ...

"UNWRA is a vital lifeline for 1.5 million refugees in Gaza. Now more than ever, the agency needs international support," said the minister. "To avoid collectively punishing millions of people ...