In principle, the law was passed about two weeks ago. Warning letters have already been sent to properties that we identified as belonging to UNRWA.”

The bulldozing of the headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem has

UNRWA officials briefed congressional staffers on potential Trump administration plans to designate the U.N. agency as a terrorist organization.

The request was filed ahead of a scheduled High Court hearing on February 2, seeking to suspend the entry into force of amendments to the anti-UNRWA law passed in late December. Petitioners asked the High Court of Justice on Tuesday to issue an interim order freezing the implementation of recent Knesset legislation targeting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),

After buildings in the UNRWA complex were demolished, Kobi Samerano, whose son, Yonatan, was abducted and murdered by a member of the organization, carried out a symbolic act of closure.

Foreign Ministry says move runs counter to ICJ ruling requiring Israel to allow UN agency for Palestinian refugees operations - Anadolu Ajansı

The lawsuit names UNRWA, a UNRWA employee alleged to have taken part in the attack, and several current and former senior UNRWA officials as defendants. The family of Yonatan Samerano, 21, who was murdered during Hamas’s October 7 attack,

UNRWA faces $220m shortfall, forcing staff cuts and service reductions affecting 230,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.