![Displaced Palestinians struggle to maintain their daily lives under difficult conditions due to cold weather at a UNRWA shelter in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on January 20, 2026. [Saeed M. M. T. Jaras - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AA-20260120-40314388-40314370-DISPLACED_PALESTINIANS_ENDURE_HARSH_CONDITIONS_AT_UNRWA_SHELTER_IN_GAZA.jpg)
The League of Arab States on Wednesday condemned statements by the Board of Peace regarding the Gaza Strip, in which it called for ending the role of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the territory, saying such a move “lacks any legal basis”. In a statement issued by its Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Department, the Arab League said it strongly condemned the remarks, describing them as political claims that “lack any legal or humanitarian basis”. Earlier on Wednesday, the Board of Peace said in a statement that there was no place for UNRWA in what it called the “new Gaza”. The board claimed it was seeking to end what it described as the “continued […]
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