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US$806 million [2] Staff. 30,000. Website. unrwa .org. UNRWA operations, as of 1 January 2017. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [a] ( UNRWA, pronounced / ˈʌnrə / UN-rə) [b] is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees.
UNRWA offices in East Jerusalem, Israeli-occupied West Bank. In January 2024, Israel presented allegations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) that a dozen of its employees were involved in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. [1] An independent Review Group led by Catherine Colonna ...
After news broke on January 26 that 12 staffers from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) were not only members of Hamas but also ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. investigators examining Israeli accusations that 12 staff from the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks have closed one case ...
On 21 October, the UNRWA stated 500,000 people were sheltering in UN facilities, and conditions had grown "untenable". By the end of October this had grown to over 670,000 people. Many others sheltered in hospitals. By 22 October, the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs stated 42% of homes in Gaza had been destroyed.
UNRWA operates schools, health clinics, infrastructure projects and aid programs in refugee camps that now resemble dense urban neighborhoods in Gaza, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Lebanon ...
On 21 October, the UNRWA stated 500,000 people were sheltering in UN facilities, and conditions had grown "untenable". By the end of October this had grown to over 670,000 people. Many others sheltered in hospitals. By 22 October, the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs stated 42% of homes in Gaza had been destroyed.
The independent, internal U.N. investigation by the Office for Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) was immediately launched as the United States - the largest donor to UNRWA - and other countries ...