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The Home Office building on 6th of May 2026 in Whitehall, London
Home Office
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Gazans and UNRWA-registered excluded from new UK asylum system

Britain's new asylum system will exclude Palestinians in Gaza and UNRWA registered refugees, despite promised resettlement routes for vulnerable people.

Amer Sultan
09 October, 2026
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

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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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
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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
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.
Lebanon
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Lebanon camps protest 'Palestine' omission from textbooks

The New Arab Staff
13 January, 2026
A child makes his way through the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2026. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel steps up Gaza demolitions as wall collapse kills four

The New Arab Staff
13 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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UNRWA to open office in Turkey 'within weeks'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 January, 2026
Gaza weather [Getty]
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UNRWA employees from Gaza face dismissal while living in exile

Sally Ibrahim
08 January, 2026
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is interviewed by South African Broadcasting Corporation
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UN chief condemns Israeli law blocking electricity, water for UNRWA facilities

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 January, 2026
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk's visit to Sudan
Gaza War
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UN rights chief slams Israeli suspension of aid groups in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 December, 2025
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UNRWA
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Israel strips UNRWA immunity in 'outrageous, systematic' attack

Sarah Khalil
30 December, 2025
Israeli troops search Palestinians who attempted to enter the camp to retrieve their belongings as Israeli army continues its attacks on the Nur Shams Camp in the city of Tulkarem
Occupied West Bank
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Israeli settlers torch cars near Ramallah as raids sweep W. Bank

The New Arab Staff
17 December, 2025
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World
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US weighs hitting UNRWA with terrorism-related sanctions

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 December, 2025
Israeli army carries out a raid, and replaces the UN flag with the Israeli flag at the UNRWA center in east Jerusalem on December 08, 2025.
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UNRWA chief denounces Israeli raid of Jerusalem compound

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 December, 2025
A Palestinian woman visits the UNRWA services office in the Al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on October 29, 2024.
Occupied West Bank
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Israeli forces raid UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem

Matthew Hoare
08 December, 2025
A view of destruction as Palestinians try to maintain daily life under harsh conditions amid the rubble left behind by Israeli attacks at Nuseirat Refugee Camp in central Gaza
Gaza War
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Gaza: Mediators push for ceasefire progress amid Israeli bombing

The New Arab Staff
03 December, 2025
Children walk along a roadside carrying large bags filled with collected waste in Khan Yunis
Gaza War
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Gaza's children facing risks as UNRWA scales up provisions

The New Arab Staff
02 December, 2025
Lazzarini [Getty]
UNRWA
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UNRWA urges more funding amid fears of impact on Palestinians

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 November, 2025
Gaza school - AFP
Gaza
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Gaza children slowly return to school after two years of war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 November, 2025