Commissioner-general says Israeli government has undertaken a defamation campaign against the UN agency. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has accused the Israeli government of “buying ads on Google to block users from giving donations” to the agency. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X that Israel’s attempts to defame the agency both harm its reputation and put the lives of its staff at...

The FIFA Council has delayed making a decision on a Palestinian bid to suspend Israel from international football until October. World football’s governing body FIFA has again delayed its review on a Palestinian bid to have Israel suspended from the international arena over its war on Gaza. FIFA said late on Friday it would now consider the Palestine Football Association’s (PFA) proposals against the Israel Football Association (IFA)...

WHO says that the official larger vaccine rollout, which aims to reach 640,000 children, will begin on Sunday. Several children in Gaza have been given polio vaccines a day before a large-scale campaign to inoculate children against the virus and a planned pause in fighting in the besieged territory, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. Reporters from The Associated Press news agency saw roughly 10 infants receiving doses of vaccine...