The Latest Breaking News from UNRWA

Large food convoy violently looted in Gaza, UNRWA says

At least 98 vehicles from a 109-truck convoy were lost Saturday in one of the worst such incidents, the UN agency says.

Al Jazeera · Nov 18, 2024

Middle East latest: Workers search through rubble in eastern Lebanon where Israeli strike killed 13

Rescue teams are searching through rubble in a town near the city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon where an Israeli strike hit a civil defense center the night before, killing at least 13

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2024

UN confronts uncertainty as Trump's new agenda takes shape

The United Nations and other global organisations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously tweeted that the 193-member body was “just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time”.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 15, 2024

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?

The threatened U.S. deadline for Israel to allow more aid for people into the Gaza Strip or see fewer weapons shipments for its war with Hamas has expired but the Biden administration says it will not limit arms transfers

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024

Israel Opens Gaza Humanitarian Crossing But Aid Groups Say Not Enough

Israel announced the opening of an additional aid crossing into Gaza Tuesday, on the eve of a US deadline to boost relief deliveries, but aid agencies said it was not enough.

International Business Times · Nov 12, 2024

Aid entering Gaza is lowest in months, says Unrwa, as US deadline approaches – Middle East crisis, as it happened

US had warned Israel a month ago that it had just 30 days to address humanitarian crisis

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

Palestinians in northern Gaza are rationing out their last supplies of food to survive, with no aid entering the area for the past month under an Israeli siege

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024

Israel’s new tactics in north Gaza stoke fears of ethnic cleansing campaign

Thousands of starved civilians under intense bombardment are being denied almost every basic human right.

Al Jazeera · Nov 8, 2024

‘Almost unparalleled suffering’ in Gaza as UN says nearly 70% of those killed are women and children

Head of the Norwegian Refugee Council calls for peace process to begin as new figures reveal civilians have borne the brunt of the war

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024

At least 12 displaced Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school

Israeli raids in Gaza kill 27 more Palestinians, including 19 in north – under a military siege for more than a month.

Al Jazeera · Nov 7, 2024