UNRWA

Students walk past one of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools in East Jerusalem, as local media report that police forces raided several UNRWA schools in the city and informed them of a decision to close and evacuate the schools within a week. Jerusalem, February 18, 2025.
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UNRWA closes Palestinian refugee school in Lebanon's Tripoli

UNRWA is closing Rafah School in Tripoli, redistributing students and raising concerns over overcrowding and educational disruption.

Intisar Dannan
03 September, 2026
Israeli forces raid the Qalandia Training Center belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) north of East Jerusalem on August 25, 2026.
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Israel takes control of UN training centre for Palestinians

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 August, 2026
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Palestinian refugees
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Towards British remembrance and reckoning with Palestinian exile

Victor Kattan

Victor Kattan

27 July, 2026
UNRWA had reduced its service delivery hours by 20% this year, cutting salaries for local personnel and keeping 15% of international posts vacant. [Getty]
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UN agency for Palestinian refugees nearing 'breaking point'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2026
UNRWA played a key role in ensuring that archives relating to victims of the Nakba were not seized and destroyed by Israel in Gaza
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UNRWA secretly rescued Nakba archive from Gaza

The New Arab Staff
16 May, 2026
A view of destruction at UNRWA headquarters, which provides aid to millions of Palestinians and works under the United Nations, is targeted by Israel in Gaza City, Gaza on February 11, 2024.
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On Nakba Day, Israel to approve army museum on ruins of UNRWA HQ

Sarah Khalil
14 May, 2026
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Gaza's families, former employees doubt UNRWA will get justice

Sally Ibrahim
01 April, 2026
Lazzarini [Getty]
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UNRWA chief seeks probe into killing of staff in Gaza war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 March, 2026
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MSF
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MSF’s impossible choice shows Israel’s stranglehold on Gaza aid

Yara

Yara M. Asi

16 February, 2026
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini
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US unclear on UNRWA future, jettisoning would leave black hole

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 February, 2026
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon appeal to UNRWA to provide sufficient clean water
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Severe water crisis hits two Palestinian camps in Lebanon

Intisar Dannan
13 February, 2026
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Human Rights Watch
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Exclusive: How report on Palestinian refugee return rattled HRW

The New Arab Staff
06 February, 2026
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Israel kills two in Gaza as UNRWA warns of block on aid

The New Arab Staff
06 February, 2026
A view of destruction at UNRWA headquarters, which provides aid to millions of Palestinians and works under the United Nations, is targeted by Israel in Gaza City, Gaza on February 11, 2024.
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Israeli Supreme Court delays ruling on anti-UNRWA laws

The New Arab Staff
30 January, 2026
A photograph shows an Israeli flag fluttering above demolished structures inside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on January 20, 2026.
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UN Palestinian refugee agency says demolished HQ set on fire

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 January, 2026
Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Helen McEntee, inspects aid warehouses in Al-Arish, near Rafah, accompanied by Major General Khaled Megaour, Governor of North Sinai on January 13, 2026 in Arish, Egypt.
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Ireland slams Israel's demolition of UNRWA HQ

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2026
The UNRWA logo is seen on the vest of an employee during a visit to the Jabal El Hussein refugee camp of UNRWA
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West Bank education centre could close due to Israeli threats

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 January, 2026
A view of destruction at UNRWA headquarters, which provides aid to millions of Palestinians and works under the United Nations, is targeted by Israel in Gaza City, Gaza on February 11, 2024.
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Palestinians urge UNRWA to reverse dismissal of Gaza staff

The New Arab Staff
22 January, 2026
Heavy machinery belonging to the Israel Land Authority begins demolishing an UNRWA complex on January 20, 2026 in Jerusalem
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Israel destroys UNRWA headquarters in 'unprecedented' attack

The New Arab Staff
20 January, 2026
This picture taken from the Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood of Israeli-occupied east Jerusalem
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E. Jerusalem schools suspend classes after Israeli restrictions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026
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Antonio Guterres
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UN chief warns he could refer Israel to ICJ over UNRWA actions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 January, 2026