Un Chief Condemns Israeli Law Blocking Electricity Water Unrwa Facilities 2026 01 01
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UN Condemns Israeli Law Targeting UNRWA Operations
Is Israel holding UNRWA accountable for Hamas infiltration, or dismantling humanitarian infrastructure to harm Palestinians?
Above: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during a high-level United Nations General Assembly meeting to mark the United Nations' 80th anniversary at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 22, 2025. Image credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
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Pro-Israel narrative
Israel cut electricity and water to UNRWA facilities after concluding that the agency had been deeply penetrated by Hamas at multiple levels. UNRWA employees participated in the Oct. 7 attacks and U.N.-run sites were used as command centers, data hubs and locations where hostages were held. The agency is no longer a neutral humanitarian body but part of Hamas’ operational infrastructure, making the cutoff not a violation of humanitarian law but a long-overdue act of accountability for systemic abuse under U.N. cover.
Pro-Palestine narrative
Israel’s move to block electricity and water supplies to UNRWA facilities in Gaza marks a new escalation in the dismantling of humanitarian infrastructure. The subsequent banning of 37 NGOs now threatens a catastrophic collapse of essential services, putting Palestinian lives at imminent risk. These organizations provide health care, malnutrition screening and shelter support — basic obligations Israel is legally required to ensure but refuses to deliver. The measures deepen an already intolerable crisis and fit a broader pattern of policies undermining Palestinian survival.
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