Israel had delayed their release in protest against the way the seven hostages freed by Hamas were treated as they were ...

Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash ...

The ban effectively cuts off the UN aid agency from delivering critical aid to Gaza, putting millions of Palestinians at risk after 15 months of war have devastated the region.

The United Nations Palestinian aid agency UNRWA said on Thursday that its operations in Gaza and the West Bank were ongoing ...

Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed ...

U.N. officials vowed Thursday that the agency would continue to deliver services in the occupied Palestinian territories for as long as possible.

In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a concrete wall, cars inched their way ...

Israel on Thursday suspended the planned release of Palestinian prisoners after Gaza militants freed three Israeli hostages ...

Legislation that goes into effect on Thursday bars UNRWA from operating in the country. That will affect aid delivery to Gaza ...

Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that ...

The agency, UNRWA, will be banned from operating on Israeli soil, and contact between it and Israeli officials will also be forbidden.

Hamas is set to release three more Israeli captives and five Thai captives on Thursday, while Israel is expected to free another 110 Palestinian detainees.