Jordan condemns Israel’s advance of laws labeling UNRWA as ‘terrorist’ organisation
We’ve been reporting today on moves by Israel’s parliament to close the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and designate it a “terrorist organisation”. The Knesset, Israel’s name for its parliament, passed three bills in its first readings to this effect today.
Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says in a statement posted to X that the Knesset’s moves are equal to “an attempt to kill the agency, assassinate it politically, and target its symbolism, which affirms the right of Palestinian refugees to return and compensation in accordance with international law”.
The ministry’s spokesman, Sufyan Al-Qudah, added that Israel’s actions against UNRWA, which aim to “kill it and cancel its pivotal and basic role in providing humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people”, are a violation of international law.
UNRWA denounces new Israeli evacuation orders on Khan Younis
The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency says on X that the orders, issued earlier today, “mean more suffering and displacement” for the exhausted population of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army’s evacuation orders affect about 400,000 people in Khan Younis. The order quickly preceded a huge assault on areas of the city which has left at least 70 people killed since this morning.
The agency shared a video of this latest evacuation of Khan Younis, saying that the people forced to flee have “nowhere safe to go.
New evacuation orders today in Khan Younis mean more suffering and displacement. Families had to pack what is left of their belongings and run, amid bombardment, and with nowhere safe to go.
People in #Gaza are exhausted, living in inhumane conditions, with no safety at all. pic.twitter.com/LSYTEBxMRM
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) July 22, 2024
