United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Turkey's Foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Israel's decision to ban the UN relief agency UNRWA from operating inside of the country was a clear violation of international law that aimed to prevent displaced Palestinians from returning home.

Israel's parliament on Monday approved a bill banning the main U.N. aid agency for the war-devastated Gaza Strip, sparking international outcry.

Mohammed Abu Ataoui, a commander from Hamas’ Nukhba force who led the murder and kidnapping of Israelis from a shelter near Kibbutz Re’im, was killed on Wednesday in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, announced the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet on Thursday (October 24).

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday of the risk of famine in Gaza, a day after the United States said Israel had been urged to improve aid deliveries to the territory.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said it is concerning for the international system that the U.N. cannot protect its personnel from Israel's attacks in Lebanon, urging the global body to act against Tel Aviv.

The killing of two Hezbollah commanders by Air Force aircraft strikes in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military announced Thursday morning.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders on Thursday to increase support for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which he says has no alternative in the world that provides essential services to nearly 6 million people.

The Gaza Contact Group by the two main Islamic organizations will hold another round of meetings in Jordan on Sept. 18 to give a boost to ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas, the Turkish diplomatic sources have said.

Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza, which rescuers said killed 18 people, including U.N. staffers, while the Israeli army said it hit a Hamas control centre.

The Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat had already been bombed several times over the course of the 11-month war in Gaza.

More than 600,000 children in the war-torn Gaza strip could miss a whole school term for another year if the conflict continues, with some teachers setting up tent schools in ever-shrinking areas declared safe by the Israeli army.