Hamas slams Board of Peace for refusal to work with UNRWA in Gaza
Hamas accuses Board of Peace of aligning with Israel after excluding UN agency for Palestinians from Gaza operations.
![Palestinian students attend their first day of the new school year at an UNRWA school, in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, September 19, 2026 [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-19T072930Z_863277730_RC24MNAFPYQO_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-SCHOOLS-1790451162.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Hamas accuses Board of Peace of aligning with Israel after excluding UN agency for Palestinians from Gaza operations.
![Palestinian students attend their first day of the new school year at an UNRWA school, in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, September 19, 2026 [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-19T072930Z_863277730_RC24MNAFPYQO_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-SCHOOLS-1790451162.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![UNRWA Commissioner-General ad interim Christian Saunders [AL Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1787778537.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)

![Israeli forces raid the Qalandiya Training Center belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) north of East Jerusalem. [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260825-42303270-42303265-ISRAELI_FORCES_RAID_UNRWAS_KALENDIYA_EDUCATION_CENTER_IN_EAST_JERUSALEM-1787665783.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





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