If Israel bans UNRWA, we can no longer operate in Gaza, says head of operations | Radio Schuman

Will UNRWA, which has offered emergency, schooling providers and healthcare to tens of millions of Palestinian refugees since 1949 survive the battle in Gaza? The reply is just not clear. For the reason that October 7 assault launched by Hamas towards Israel, the UN company has been on the coronary heart of an argument that places its survival in danger.

In October, lawmakers from the Knesset – Israel’s parliament – handed laws that banned the company from working in Israeli territory months after claiming that 12 UNRWA workers members had been concerned in the 7 October assault. 

The severe accusation induced fears that UNRWA had been infiltrated by Hamas, which is listed by the EU and the US as a terrorist organisation.

It additionally led the European fee to evaluate its assist to the UN company and a raft of EU international locations – together with France and Germany – to quickly droop funding, creating humanitarian challenges for Gazans struggling to entry meals, water and shelter.

Final August, a UN inner investigation cleared 10 UNRWA staff and fired 9 others for doable involvement within the 7 October assault. Most international locations have resumed their financing of UNRWA… however what can be the implications of the Israeli ban of UNRWA on the bottom? What’s UNRWA’s relationship with Hamas?

Euronews’s Stefan Grobe sat with Scott Anderson, the director of UNRWA in Gaza.

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