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UN Security Council Warns against Attempts to Dismantle UNRWA

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts (Reuters)
Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts (Reuters)
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UN Security Council Warns against Attempts to Dismantle UNRWA

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts (Reuters)
Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts (Reuters)

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday "strongly warned against any attempts to dismantle or diminish" the operations and mandate of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA after Israel passed a law banning its operations.

In a statement adopted by consensus, the 15-member body expressed grave concern over the legislation adopted by the Israeli parliament on Monday, Reuters reported.

The council "urged the Israeli Government to abide by its international obligations, respect the privileges and immunities of UNRWA and live up to its responsibility to allow and facilitate full, rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian assistance in all its forms into and throughout the entire Gaza Strip."

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Five People Killed in Hezbollah Missile Attack on Israel's Metula

This picture taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke billowing from the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon in Israeli town of Metula (background), on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by AFP)
This picture taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke billowing from the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon in Israeli town of Metula (background), on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by AFP)
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Five People Killed in Hezbollah Missile Attack on Israel's Metula

This picture taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke billowing from the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon in Israeli town of Metula (background), on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by AFP)
This picture taken from the southern Lebanese area of Marjayoun shows smoke billowing from the site of a rocket attack from Lebanon in Israeli town of Metula (background), on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by AFP)

Five people were killed, including four foreign workers and one Israeli farmer, in a Hezbollah attack on Israel's northern town of Metula on Thursday.

The Metula regional council reported the attack.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has fired thousands of rockets into Israel since Oct. 8, 2023, when it opened fire in solidarity with Hamas a day after its cross-border attack from the Gaza Strip.

All-out war erupted last month, when Israel carried out large waves of airstrikes and killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and most of his senior commanders. Israel launched a ground invasion at the start of October.

Some 1.2 million people have been displaced by the conflict in Lebanon, according to government estimates. Lebanon’s Heath Ministry said more than 2,800 people have been killed and 12,900 wounded since Oct. 8, 2023.