Erdogan says UNRWA to open office in Turkey, calls for more support for agency – Middle East Monitor

The United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA will open an office in Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, urging Muslim countries to give the agency more support after Israel banned it, Reuters reports.

Israel last year banned UNRWA, saying it had employed members of Palestinian militant group Hamas who took part in the October 2023 attacks on Israel that triggered the Gaza war.

Turkey has called Israel’s assault on Gaza genocide and its…