Middle East live updates: 8 hostages released and handed over to the Red Cross
Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were ...
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Israel’s ban on UN’s Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here’s what that looks like
Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its ...
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Israel begins freeing prisoners after delay over chaotic hostage release; UNRWA ban begins
Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, who were shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands ...
Israeli ban on UNRWA takes effect, imperiling aid to Palestinians
U.N. officials vowed Thursday that the agency would continue to deliver services in the occupied Palestinian territories for as long as possible.
‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force
Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that ...
International staff of UN Palestinian agency forced to leave as Israel ban comes in
Israel says UNRWA staff took part in Hamas’s bloody 7 October attacks on southern Israel, in which around 1,200 people were killed and another 250 taken hostage. Israel's retaliatory air and ground ...
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Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency
In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a concrete wall, cars inched their way ...
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Human Rights Watch Letter to Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Nawaf Salam
Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to new prime ...