Israel arrested at least 380 Palestinians since Gaza ceasefire: NGO
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club has issued a statement saying that the Israeli army has arrested at least 380 Palestinians – mostly young men – in the occupied West Bank since the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect on January 19.
The figure includes those who were arrested and kept in detention, as well as those who were later released, the group added.
UNRWA says its financial health ‘very bad’
We have some lines from a press briefing by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva, spokeswoman Juliette Touma said UNRWA expected its financial situation to worsen, even before an expected decision by Trump to extend a funding ban on it.
“When and if the executive order is issued, we will be able to comment on that. Having said that, the financial health of UNRWA is very, very bad, and it got worse over the past few months and is expected to continue to worsen,” Touma said.
Commenting on the Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank, Touma warned that the Jenin refugee camp is heading in a “catastrophic direction”.
Large parts of the camp had been “destroyed in a series of detonations by the Israeli forces”, she said.
UNRWA says 30,000 Palestinians displaced in Israel’s Jenin camp raids
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says the displacement comes after Israel destroyed large sections of the refugee camp in the northern West Bank in a series of controlled detonations at the weekend.
UNRWA’s communications director, Juliette Touma, said the detonations destroyed or seriously damaged about 100 buildings. They took place at a time when children were scheduled to return to school.
Touma added that 13 UNRWA-run schools in the camp, which serve about 5,000 children, remain closed.
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