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UN considers response to Israeli move to build a military compound on site of relief agency

The United Nations is reviewing Israel's plan to turn a former U.N. agency headquarters in east Jerusalem into a military complex

The Independent UK

Trump says US may hit Iran again, claims Tehran wants deal

US President Donald Trump said that the United States may need to attack Iran again and claimed that he had been only an hour away from deciding ‌on a fresh strike before he allegedly postponed the attack. Thousands of people have been killed in Iran, Lebanon and the wider Middle…

France 24

Five Great Reads: A secret archive rescue mission, deadly seaweed, and a new name for a common condition

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

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Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say today's catastrophe is worse

Millions of Palestinians are marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba

The Independent UK

The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive

Millions of documents chronicling generations of trauma saved from Gaza and East Jerusalem in 10-month Unrwa operation

The Guardian - UK

Palestinian girl who lost arm in Israeli attack arrives in UK for treatment after US visa snub

Mariam is one of more than 11,000 patients who have been evacuated from Gaza since October 2023

The Independent UK

UNRWA chief steps down, seeks probe into killing of hundreds of staff in Gaza

The outgoing chief of UNRWA – the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees – has called for an independent probe into the deaths of hundreds of staff in Gaza, warning that unchecked violence and impunity risk fuelling a wider regional crisis.

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Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing

I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just for Palestinians, but the wider Middle East, says Unrwa commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini

The Guardian - UK

Australia swelters through fourth hottest January on record – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Australia's pro-Palestine movement is attempting to turn up the heat on the Albanese government ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit.

AAP

Israel agrees to partially reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing if body of hostage is found

Israel agreed to reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt for pedestrian passage only once the body of Israeli soldier Ran Gvili is found.

Euronews

Israel bulldozes Unrwa headquarters in East Jerusalem

Palestinian refugee agency compound is demolished, while teargas is fired at UN vocational school in West Bank

The Guardian - UK

UNRWA says facing 'unprecedented attack' as Israel demolishes building at east Jerusalem HQ

Israel has repeatedly accused UNRWA of providing cover for Hamas militants, claiming that some of its employees took part in the group's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.

Euronews

Israeli crews begin bulldozing headquarters of UN agency for Palestinian refugees in east Jerusalem

Israeli crews have started bulldozing the Jerusalem headquarters of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees

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Euronews

Israel cuts ties with three global bodies after US withdrawal, foreign ministry says

Last week, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum ordering the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organisations as they "no longer serve American interests," the White House said.

Euronews

Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov will head Gaza peace board, Netanyahu says

Mladenov is a former Bulgarian defence and foreign minister who served as the UN envoy to Iraq before being appointed as the UN Middle East peace envoy from 2015-2020.

The Guardian - UK

Israeli ban on aid agencies in Gaza will have ‘catastrophic’ consequences, experts say

Thirty-seven NGOs told they have to cease operations, putting Palestinian lives ‘at imminent risk’

The Guardian - UK

Israel to ban dozens of aid agencies from Gaza as 10 nations warn about suffering

Failure of groups including MSF and ActionAid to hand over staff details means they will not be able to operate in Gaza, say Israeli officials

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Euronews

Israel says it will halt operations of some aid organisations in Gaza starting in 2026

Earlier this year, Israel changed its registration process for aid groups, which included a requirement to submit a list of staff, including Palestinians in Gaza.

Radio France Internationale

'Shivering from cold and fear': winter rains batter displaced Gazans

It only took a matter of minutes after the heavy overnight rain first began to fall for Jamil al-Sharafi's tent in southern Gaza to flood, drenching his food and leaving his blankets sopping wet.

The Independent UK

UN Palestinian aid agency says Israeli police 'forcibly entered' compound in Jerusalem

Israeli police have forcibly entered the compound of a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem

The Independent UK

Most of Gaza's schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class

More than 600,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have missed the past two years of school because of the war between Israel and the militant Hamas group

The Guardian - UK

Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official

Natalie Boucly says supplies are ready but only about half of what is needed is getting into territory

The Guardian - UK

Unrwa has the capacity and expertise to support a postwar Gaza. We want to help make this peace work

With a ceasefire in place, rebuilding must begin, justice be delivered and healing seriously addressed by Palestinian and Israeli societies, says the commissioner-general of Unrwa Philippe Lazzarini

The Conversation

ICJ tells Israel to let UN aid flow into Gaza – but UN’s own failures throughout the war loom large

The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), demanded that Israel allow aid into Gaza in an advisory opinion on October 22. It held that Israel is in breach of its obligations as a UN member state by having failed to do so adequately over the past two…

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