UN aid agency says Israeli police 'forcibly entered' compound in Jerusalem

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Mr Netanyahu met with the US ambassador to the UN Mike Walz and other officials on Monday in a visit the US government said was aimed at pushing forward the 20-point plan for Gaza, suggested in September by President Donald Trump, that includes the current ceasefire and its following stages.
55% : In a statement, the US mission to the UN said it would "discuss shared priorities for regional security and humanitarian aid".
55% : The ministry is part of Gaza's Hamas government and its numbers are considered reliable by the UN and other international bodies.
48% : For more than a year since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7 2023, UNRWA was the main lifeline for Gaza's population that largely relied on aid following the humanitarian crisis unleashed by heavy Israeli bombardment and blockades on the entry of goods.
45% : The raid was the latest in Israel's campaign against the agency, which provides aid and services to some 2.5 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, as well as three million more refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.
45% : With most of the hostage bodies returned to Israel by Palestinian militants, Arab and Western officials have said they expect an international governing body in the Gaza Strip to be announced in the coming weeks.
43% : UNRWA has since struggled to continue its work in Gaza, with other UN agencies, including the World Food Programme and Unicef, stepping in to help compensate for a gap UNRWA says is unfillable.
42% : At the same time, Hamas has said it is ready to discuss "freezing or storing" its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel, offering a possible formula to resolve one of the thorniest issues in the US-brokered agreement.
41% : Israel's military shot and killed one man on Sunday night in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
40% : The agency was established to help the estimated 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding the creation of the Israeli state.
40% : Israel says the refugees should be permanently resettled outside its borders.
38% : "The unauthorised and forceful entry by Israeli security forces is an unacceptable violation of UNRWA's privileges and immunities as a UN agency," a statement read.
34% : UNRWA supporters say Israel hopes to erase the Palestinian refugee issue by dismantling the agency.
34% : The war started when Hamas-led militants attacked Southern Israel, leaving around 1,200 people dead and abducting 251 others.
28% : After months of mounting attacks from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies, Israel formally banned it from operating on its territory in January.
22% : Throughout the war, Israel has accused the agency of being infiltrated by Hamas, allegations the UN has denied.

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