Israel gives UNRWA 48 hours to cease operations

Middle East live updates: Israel gives UNRWA 48 hours to cease operations
Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.
Middle East live updates: 8 dead hostages among 33 being released, Israel says
Many residents of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon are expected to return to their homes in the coming days and weeks, with most of the fighting in both areas paused under Israeli ceasefire agreements with Hamas and Hezbollah.
Middle East latest: Israel says it won’t complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by Sunday
Israel’s military says it won’t complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon by Sunday as outlined in its ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah militants.
Middle East updates: Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended to Feb. 18
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel began Jan. 19 after Hamas supplied a list of the hostages slated for return to Israel.
Middle East latest: Israel lets displaced Palestinians return to northern Gaza
Israel on Monday began allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire.
Middle East: Israel says 6 hostages to be released
Netanyahu confirmed that Hamas would free another six hostages in the coming week. Meanwhile, a ceasefire deal between Lebanon and Israel has been extended until February 18. DW has the latest.
Middle East latest: Gaza ceasefire holds as Israel cracks down in the West Bank
The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble.
Middle East latest: Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza for a second day
Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day Tuesday, ...
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Israel Blocks Gazans From North, Saying Hamas Breached Cease-Fire Deal
But Israel said the hostage exchange before that step had not gone as agreed. Hamas accused Israel of stalling. By Isabel Kershner Hiba Yazbek and Iyad Abuheweila Reporting from Jerusalem and ...
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Middle East latest: Israel allows Palestinians to return to Gaza for the first time in over a year
Israel has begun allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since ...
Israel Is Urged to Reverse Course on Palestinian Aid Agency Ban
Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council said planned restrictions on the agency, UNRWA, would imperil Palestinians. Only the U.S. sides with Israel.
Israel says Hamas list shows 8 of 33 hostages to be freed in first phase of Gaza ceasefire are dead
Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into the most heavily destroyed part of the Gaza Strip on Monday as Israel lifted ...