JERUSALEM — Israel permanently closed six U.N. schools in east Jerusalem on Thursday, forcing Palestinian students to leave early and throwing the education of more than 800 others into question.

The UN agency for Palestinians says it has thousands of truckloads of supplies near Gaza which it wants to deliver.

Students play outside during recess at the UNRWA Boys’ School run by the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

Gazans are in desperate need of essentials after more than 21 months of war, but efforts to get aid into the Palestinian ...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — "Israel must immediately reopen UNRWA-run schools and restore access for Palestinian refugees to UNRWA services in the West Bank", MP Sarah Champion, Chair of the ...

UNRWA’s six schools in east Jerusalem were shut down on May 8, after the Jerusalem Municipality on April 8 issued orders to all six school principals telling them to cease operations within 30 days.

Students play outside during recess at the UNRWA Boys’ School run by the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Standing in the east Jerusalem school he attended as a young boy, Palestinian construction worker Ahmad Shweikeh studies his son’s careful penmanship. This classroom may be ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Standing in the east Jerusalem school he attended as a young boy, Palestinian construction worker Ahmad Shweikeh studies his son's careful penmanship. This classroom may be ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Standing in the east Jerusalem school he attended as a young boy, Palestinian construction worker Ahmad Shweikeh studies his son’s careful penmanship. This classroom may be ...