UNRWA
The Egyptian minister expressed rejection to Israeli measures aimed at crippling the work of the UNRWA, and attempts to displace Palestinians with the aim of liquidating the Palestinian Cause.
In a press release issued by the Foreign Ministry, Egypt stressed that this unacceptable decision comes after a new chapter of flagrant and systematic Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law.
Egypt described the move as one in a series of Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian international law.
The statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned about Israel's frequent and persistent attempts to bring an end to the agency's activities.
The Israeli occupation has transformed the site of the UNRWA into a colonial outpost comprising 1,440 housing units.
Abdelatty stressed that suspending financial contributions to UNRWA is unacceptable and amounts to collective punishment against the Palestinians. He described this position as unjust, undermining the credibility of the multilateral system and the enforcement of international law without discrimination.
Abdelatty and Guterres underlined the importance of reaching an immediate ceasefire and allowing the entry of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid has slammed an Israeli attack on a humanitarian relief convoy belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) heading to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
Egypt will not accept or allow the creation of any alternative to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdel Aty on Monday.
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdel Atti, said on Monday that UNRWA’s role is not limited to the Gaza Strip, but includes caring for the affairs of Palestinian refugees everywhere, pointing out that UNRWA’s work does not end until the Palestinian refugees obtain their rights.
Egypt condemned “in the strongest terms” on Sunday Israel’s bombing of an UNRWA school, which shelters thousands of displaced civilians in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the death and injury of dozens of Palestinian civilians.
Karim al-Masri was supposed to start his final exams on Saturday morning, just a few weeks shy of graduating. Instead, he spent his morning filling bags of water to freeze into ice, which he sold to support his family.
In his speech at the Opening Session of the 10th China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing, Jinping said: “War should not continue indefinitely. Justice should not be absent forever. Commitment to the two-state solution should not be wavered at will.”
The relief organization added on X: “At least 300,000 people affected as further areas across [the] GazaStrip receive new evacuation orders today, both towards central Rafah in the south AND #Jabalia in north #Gaza.”
Louise Wooddridge, an official in the media department at UNRWA, who is currently in Gaza, denounced the evacuation orders issued by the Israeli occupation forces to the displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area in Rafah, Palestine.
The Israeli army called on residents east of Rafah Palestinian city in Gaza Strip to evacuate the area immediately and go to Al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis, as it is considered a “safe” area.
UNRWA will not evacuate its sites in Gaza in case of an Israeli Rafah invasion, according to Cairo News.
The Commissioner-General of UNRWA said that reports indicate that at least two children died due to the heat wave in the Gaza Strip.
Minister Shokry stressed the necessity of eliminating the obstructions set by Israel to cripple the delivery of aid to Palestinians.
Also, a joint press conference between Shoukry and the UNRWA Under-Secretary-General will be held afterwards, the statement continued.
