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The Latest Breaking News from UNRWA

The Guardian view on tackling famine in Gaza: Palestinians need Unrwa

Editorial: Israel wants to dismantle the agency. The US has halted funding. But its capacity is essential to saving lives

The Guardian - UK

Outrage grows over Israel’s deadly attack on Gaza aid convoy

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says attack on aid convoy and Netanyahu’s reaction caused ‘understandable anger’.

Al Jazeera

Western allies face genocide complicity if support for Israel continues

Experts say Western allies are risking sanction from the ICJ if they continue to ship arms to Israel.

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World Central Kitchen Pauses Operations In Gaza Due To Strike

World Central Kitchen and Anera pause aid operations in Gaza due to Israeli strike, exacerbating food shortages for 2.2 million people.

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Gaza: British volunteer among seven aid workers killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza, charity says

The international aid workers were helping deliver food that had arrived by ship

Evening Standard

Japan Resumes Funding To Palestinian Refugee Agency UNRWA

Japan resumes .5 million funding to UNRWA, supporting Palestinian refugees with essential services and stability.

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Japan Lifts Funding Suspension Of UNRWA

Japan resumes funding to UNRWA after reassurances on staff neutrality and project oversight.

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Japan lifts pause in funding for UNRWA, following Canada, Australia

Japanese foreign minister makes the announcement after holding talks last week with UNRWA chief.

Al Jazeera

United Nations Plans Mission To Assess Al-Shifa Hospital In Gaza

UN to assess Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza and stresses UNRWA's vital role in providing humanitarian aid in the region.

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Monday briefing: The truth about claims people ‘use’ their mental health to avoid work

In today’s newsletter: Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride claims 94% of those going to the doctors feeling ‘bluesy’ will be signed off work. What’s the evidence for this claim?

The Guardian - UK

Fears grow that Gaza could become ‘Mogadishu on the Mediterranean’

Aid officials and people in territory describe erosion of civil order and gangs filling power vacuum after months of war

The Guardian - UK

Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency

Exclusive: Aid officials warn that transferring Unrwa’s functions to other bodies with famine looming would be disastrous

The Guardian - UK

Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza

When the US allowed a ceasefire resolution to pass at the UN, the warning was clear – and concern is rising elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

Cameron faces calls to restore funding to UNRWA to help ease suffering in Gaza

A cross-party letter sent to Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron called for the UK to resume funding without delay.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Death at any moment’: fights break out as Gazans compete over airdropped aid

Armed gangs take food and water from desperate locals, as critics say airdrops are dangerous and merely designed to divert public anger

The Guardian - UK

Famine is now probably present in Gaza, US says

State department assessment comes after world’s top court ordered Israel to admit food aid into territory

The Guardian - AU

Middle East crisis: Israeli military says it has killed Hezbollah deputy commander – as it happened

IDF says Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and missiles unit, was killed in airstrike in Lebanon

Al Jazeera

Japan to resume funding to UNRWA, following Sweden, Finland and Canada

Move comes after meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.

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The Guardian - AU

Australian officials scrambled to understand allegations before Unrwa funding suspended, documents show

Exclusive: Dfat official said there was ‘precious nothing in the public domain’ on claims against aid agency hours before pause announced

The Hindu

The politics of humanitarian aid

Using humanitarian aid for political ends in conflicts is as old as diplomacy itself

The Guardian - UK

Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest

Rightwing activists demonstrate outside Unrwa office for third week over claims of links between staff members and Hamas

The Guardian - UK

MPs and peers sign letter urging UK government to ban arms sales to Israel

Ministers under growing pressure to act amid signs Israel intends to ignore UN ceasefire resolution

The Guardian - US

Biden administration’s Gaza strategy panned as ‘mess’ amid clashing goals

Strain of aiming to influence Israel’s actions without leverage and also avoiding starvation is showing, say analysts

International Business Times

UN Palestinian Agency Chief Says Funding Secured Until End Of May

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has enough funds to keep operating until at least the end of May, its chief told Swiss media on Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

Israel’s attempt to destroy Unrwa is part of its starvation strategy in Gaza

This attack could not come at a worse time for Palestinians. Hunger is widespread in Gaza, and famine is projected in the north by May

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