{"id":5765,"date":"2026-09-26T21:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=5765"},"modified":"2026-09-26T21:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:07:58","slug":"hamas-slams-board-of-peace-for-refusal-to-work-with-unrwa-in-gaza-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=5765","title":{"rendered":"Hamas slams Board of Peace for refusal to work with UNRWA in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Palestinian group Hamas has condemned the Board of Peace\u2019s decision not to work with the United Nations agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, and for saying that the agency will have no role in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The US-created Board\u2019s decision is \u201ca complete alignment with the Zionist [Israeli] position\u201d, aimed at ending UNRWA\u2019s operations, preventing it from delivering aid to Palestinians and eliminating the right of return, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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On Friday, the Board of Peace said that \u201cUNRWA\u2019s involvement in Gaza is unchanged.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will only work with trusted partners who will deliver for the people of Gaza and contribute to a deradicalized Strip,\u201d it said in a post on X, adding that \u201cUNRWA fails on those litmus tests\u201d.<\/p>\n

In his statement, Qassem said it was \u201cstrange for the Peace Council to adopt this hostile stance towards UNRWA while simultaneously failing to provide aid to Gaza or compel the occupation to abide by the ceasefire agreement and halt the daily killings of Palestinians in the Strip\u201d.<\/p>\n

UNRWA<\/a>, set up in 1949, has for decades provided aid and education services to Palestinian refugees and preserved their national rights.<\/p>\n

Palestinians see the agency as safeguarding their right of return to their homeland, while Israel wants it dismantled.<\/p>\n

\u2018UNRWA\u2019s days are over\u2019<\/h2>\n

The Associated Press reported on Friday that Board of Peace members had been more willing to work with UNRWA behind the scenes than their public stance suggested.<\/p>\n

At the Board of Peace briefing to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, officials named several UN agencies as partners. UNRWA was not among them.<\/p>\n

However, a Board of Peace official, speaking to The AP on condition of anonymity, confirmed that board members had met UNRWA officials several times.<\/p>\n

The official said the agency\u2019s programmes could continue if they served Gaza\u2019s residents well, but maintained that \u201cUNRWA\u2019s days are over\u201d.<\/p>\n

Philippe Lazzarini, who led UNRWA until earlier this year, told The AP that members of the Palestinian technocratic committee appointed by the Board to govern Gaza wanted to work with the agency.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Lazzarini accused the Board of failing to deliver on its mandate, saying in a post on X that Israeli authorities are still blocking basic aid \u201cas part of a wider plan to keep Gaza unlivable for Palestinians\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrandiose plans is what the Board of Peace does best. Plans however will not keep the people of Gaza warm this winter,\u201d he added, urging that crossings into Gaza be opened and supplies let in at scale.<\/p>\n

Gaza, West Bank attacks continue<\/h2>\n

On the ground on Saturday, Israel\u2019s pattern of violations against Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank continued.<\/p>\n

Israeli attacks killed seven Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, including one person who succumbed to wounds sustained prior, Gaza\u2019s Ministry of Health said.<\/p>\n

In northern Gaza, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in Jabalia, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. An Israeli drone strike near Joulis Street and al-Nouri Tower in the Nuseirat refugee camp killed another person and wounded others.<\/p>\n

In al-Mawasi in Khan Younis, an Israeli drone strike wounded several Palestinians, including a girl, while Israeli artillery shelled areas east of the city.<\/p>\n

An Israeli quadcopter also opened fire on Salah al-Din Street in central Gaza, wounding three people, including another girl.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces stormed Ramallah-based Birzeit University, raiding one of its buildings while students sat final examinations, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.<\/p>\n

In Tulkarem, forces arrested resident Bashar Odeh after raiding his home in Shuweika, and interrogated others during home searches in Zeita.<\/p>\n

In Bethlehem governorate, Israeli forces closed the military gates at the entrances to western villages, stopping residents, including pedestrians, from passing.<\/p>\n

Raids continued across other localities, including the Qalandiya and Am\u2019ari refugee camps.<\/p>\n

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