Explainer: Embattled Gaza aid group UNRWA has been helping Palestinian refugees since 1949

The United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is embroiled in controversy after Israel reported agency employees participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Here is the agency's history.

Related Keywords

Unrwa ,West Bank General ,West Bank ,Syria ,Iraq ,United Kingdom ,Lebanon ,United States ,Red Crescent ,Israel ,Japan ,Tel Aviv ,Jordan ,Gaza ,Israel General ,Egypt ,Palestinian ,Palestine ,Egyptian ,Israeli ,Antonio Guterres ,International Red Cross ,Egyptian Red Crescent Society ,Arab Liberation Army ,Assembly On Nov ,United Nations ,International Federation Of Red Cross ,Palestine Red Crescent Society ,United Nations Relief Works Agency ,Palestine Refugees ,Near East ,General Antonio Guterres ,Middle East ,Partition Resolution ,Great Britain ,Palestinian Mandate ,Day War ,Islamic Jihad ,International Federation ,Red Cross ,Red Crescent Societies ,International Red ,