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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees fired a number of its staffers in Gaza suspected of taking part in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and other militants on southern Israel, its director said Friday, prompting the United States — the agency’s biggest donor — to temporarily halt its funding.
The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank for decades urged the Security Council on Wednesday to ensure its survival as Israel again demanded its dissolution, accusing the agency of becoming part of Hamas’ “terror war machine.”
Israel is blocking food convoys that belong to the United Nations’ Palestinian aid agency from entering Gaza’s northern region, where Palestinians are facing an increasingly dire starvation crisis created by the ongoing Israeli military offensive in the territory.
The Biden administration is asking Israel for answers after an Israeli Defence Force strike on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency facility in Rafah killed an aid worker and injured civilians.
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What we knowIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his plan for Gaza after the war ends with Hamas It says that Israel would be allowed to operate militarily in the enclave for an indefinite period of time to prevent the resurgence of the militant group. The plan also stipulates that UNRWA, the main aid organization in the Gaza Strip, must be closed. Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA's commissioner general, said the organization was at a ''breaking point'' at a time of unprecedented need in Gaza in a letter yesterday to Dennis Francis, the president of the United Nations General Assembly. The agency could be forced cease operations entirely by the end of the month after several countries froze aid after Israel alleged that some of its workers had taken part in Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks. An Israeli delegation is travelling to Paris for negotiations for a hostage release and cease-fire deal, an official has said weeks after Netanyahu dismissed proposals from Hamas' as ''delusional.'' Hamas leaders have left Cairo, where days of discussions on a deal had also been taking place. More than 29,500 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. More than 69,400 have been injured, and thousands more are missing and presumed dead. Israeli military officials said at least 238 soldiers have been killed since the ground invasion of Gaza began.
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What we know Trapped in and around Rafah, more than 1 million Palestinians are bracing themselves as Israel plans to launch a ground assault against Hamas fighters in Gaza's southernmost city. Aid agencies have warned that large numbers of civilians could die in the offensive. "People have no idea where to go," Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UNRWA agency, said yesterday. His comments came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that the military had been ordered to develop a plan "for evacuating the population and destroying" four Hamas battalions it said were deployed in Rafah. The U.S. said it would not back an assault that did not protect civilians, and had briefed Israel on a new national security memorandum reminding countries receiving American arms to adhere to international law.Six-year-old Hind Rajab has been found dead, 12 days after she made a desperate plee for help in a call with an emergency dispatcher from the car where she was trapped alongside some of her relatives, all of whom died, the Palestinian Red Crescent said told NBC News today. Two first responders who set out to rescue the little girl were also found dead in their ambulance, the PRCS said.More than 27,900 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. More than 67,400 have been injured, and thousands more are missing and presumed dead. Israeli military officials said at least 224 soldiers have been killed during the ground invasion of Gaza. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez, Matt Bradley and Chantal Da Silva are reporting from the region.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The head of the main U.N. aid agency in the war-battered Gaza Strip warned late Saturday that its work is collapsing after nine countries decided to cut funding over allegations that several agency employees had participated in the deadly Hamas attack against Israel four months ago.