UNRWA

Def. Min. complex to be built on site of fmr. UNRWA Jerusalem headquarters, Katz says

UNRWA's headquarters in Ammunition Hill was demolished in January after the organization's ties with Hamas were exposed.

Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks during a ceremony returning a stone from the Western Wall that had been kept at HaKirya military base, to the Davidson Center in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 4, 2026.
PROTESTERS GATHER outside the entrance of Yarmouk refugee camp to condemn the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks, in Damascus, Syria, April 1, 2026.

Who gets to belong? Palestinians in Syria confront old suspicions under new rule

A vessel from the Global Sumud Flotilla, pictured April 12, 2026; illustrative.

More UNWRA ties to Hamas, Global Sumud Flotilla details emerge

This picture shows an UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem on May 6, 2025.

UNRWA’s West Bank schools drop to four-day weeks over funding issues, UN agency confirms to ‘Post’


Huckabee says US would share medical data if Israel leaves WHO

“The World Health Organization has long since ceased to operate as a professional and objective organization,” MK Limor Sonn Har Melech said during a Knesset discussion on the matter.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in coversation with The Jerusalem Post.

'Apocalyptic wasteland': Biden admin. blocked warning on deteriorating Gaza situation after Oct. 7

Three months after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's entry into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid out in gruesome detail scenes observed by United Nations staff.

Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.

WATCH: Fire breaks out at destroyed UNRWA compound in Jerusalem

A fire broke out in the demolished UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem, the Israeli Fire and Rescue Authority announced early Sunday morning.

Israel begins dismantling UNRWA facility, January 20, 2026.

West Bank training center at risk of shutdown by Israel authorities, UNRWA says

The Kalandia Training Centre, which teaches 350 young male students from across the West Bank skills such as plumbing and vehicle maintenance, could be shut.

Israel begins dismantling UNRWA facility, January 20, 2026.

Petitioners ask High Court to freeze anti-UNRWA law as Jerusalem facilities face demolitions

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.

Israel Police forces seen outside the UNRWA center in Jerusalem, as part of a raid on the center, December 8, 2025

Jerusalem requires sovereignity: UNRWA dismantling gives Israel power over the land - editorial

UNRWA’s defenders abroad often describe it as a humanitarian body caught in a political storm. Israel’s view is sharper: the agency became part of the problem.

ISRAELI FORCES demolish the former UNRWA offices in Jerusalem following legislation passed by the Knesset, January 20, 2026.

Israel demolishes UNRWA's Jerusalem HQ, but fails to explain why it had to go - comment

Without context, the move to demolish UNRWA’s east Jerusalem headquarters looks like just another incident of Israeli hard-heartedness - an attack on a UN body that wants only to help.

A sign that reads "Entering the area is prohibited!" is hung on fencing at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Israel to shut down UNRWA's water, electricity after demolition of HQ, Eli Cohen tells 'Post'

Israel's energy minister: “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.”

A man walks near fallen cables at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Family of slain hostage sues UNRWA for alleged role in October 7 kidnapping, murder

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.

Poster of hostage Yonatan Mordechai Samerano during demonstrations for the hostages still held in Gaza.

Israel begins dismantling process of banned UNRWA's Jerusalem headquarters

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Israel to halt its demolition of the UNRWA compound and restore it and other UNRWA premises to the world body "without delay."

A drone view of the remains of the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026