Report finds Israel did not provide evidence of UNRWA staff militancy
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
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The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The spending bill also has other 'key pro-Israel provisions' aimed at the U.N. and other international organizations.
Several top donors including Australia, Sweden, Canada, and the E.U. resumed funding contingent on agency reforms.
Humanitarian groups demanded a probe into an 'apparent mass killing' at an aid drop where Israel blamed a stampede.
The UNRWA funding crisis, following Israeli allegations, threatens basic aid to Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Nine staff were immediately identified and terminated. Two were still being identified; one was confirmed dead.
Nikki Haley has adopted Trump's hard line against U.N. participation but stopped short of calling for total withdrawal.
More than 12,250 people have been killed – including 101 U.N. staff helping Palestinian refugees and at least 4,300 children – and 32,300 others injured in the Gaza war, officials said.
Medical facilities are running out of supplies and fuel, which Israel hasn't allowed into Gaza for a month now.
Humanitarian aid trickled into Gaza but agencies were being forced to scale back as fuel and other basic items were depleted and diplomats remained at an impasse.
While Israel pounded Gaza with increasingly intensifying airstrikes in response to Hamas' surprise attacks, the U.N. chief emphasized the rules of war must be obeyed.
Despite some aid trickling into Gaza through Egypt's Rafah crossing, needs are soaring as tensions flare that could cause the Israel-Hamas war to spread to other countries.
Officials say civilians' basic needs and protections must be upheld in accord with international humanitarian law.
The U.S. and China said they favored a statement on Gaza, but it failed for lack of consensus approval. The U.N. chief condemned the attacks and appealed for the fighting to end.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the global number of people fleeing wars, conflicts or human rights violations rose to almost 82.4 million last year.
The United States pledged to restore aid to the Palestinians, almost two-thirds of it earmarked for the United Nations' relief agency for Palestinian refugees.