Al-Noor centre: A lifeline for blind children in Gaza

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Apr 18, 2026 · 60 words

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Al-Noor centre: A lifeline for blind children in Gaza Al-Noor centre: A lifeline for blind children in Gaza Al-Noor is a UNRWA centre in Gaza providing education and support for visually impaired children.

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Why it matters

Operating since 1962, it faces unprecedented pressure as Israel’s war on Gaza has left more than 1,500 people visually impaired since 2023.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Operating since 1962.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/18/al-noor-centre-a-lifeline-for…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Operating since 1962”

SINGLE SOURCE

The specific date of operation (since 1962) is mentioned only in the Al Jazeera source. Other sources confirm the center's existence and UNRWA operation but do not mention the founding date. Wikipedia results provided were irrelevant (referring to a mosque in New Zealand or Queen Noor).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Al Noor Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النور‎, Masjid al-Noor) is a Sunni mosque in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton in New Zealand. It was built between 1983 and 1985 by the Muslim Association of Cante…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Noor_Mosque,_Christchurch

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 15 March 2019, two consecutive terrorist mass shootings took place in Christchurch, New Zealand. They were committed during Friday prayer, first at the Al Noor Mosque in Riccarton, at 1:40 p.m. and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Noor Al Hussein (Arabic: نور الحسين; born Lisa Najeeb Halaby; August 23, 1951) is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who was the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. Sh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Noor_of_Jordan

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Claim 2: “Al-Noor is a UNRWA centre in Gaza providing education and support for visually impaired children.”

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Two independent web sources (Al Jazeera and another source titled 'Al-Noor Centre: Gaza's Critical Education Lifeline') explicitly confirm that Al-Noor is a UNRWA-operated center in Gaza providing education and support for visually impaired children.

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web search NEUTRAL — UNRWA has developed its own working definition of "refugee" to allow it to provide humanitarian assistance.Education programme. British politician Alan Duncan talking to schoolchildren at a school sup…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNRWA

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web search NEUTRAL — Al-Noor is a UNRWA centre in Gaza providing education and support for visually impaired children. Operating since 1962, it faces unprecedented pressure as Israel’s war on Gaza has left more than 1,500…
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/18/al-noor-c…

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web search NEUTRAL — A UNRWA-operated centre in Gaza is providing essential education and support services to visually impaired children in a territory where specialized disability services remain critically scarce. The A…
https://bosetimes.com/al-noor-centre-gaza-s-critical-educati…

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Claim 3: “Israel’s war on Gaza has left more than 1,500 people visually impaired since 2023.”

SINGLE SOURCE

The specific figure of 'more than 1,500 people visually impaired since 2023' is only reported in the Al Jazeera source. While other sources (Wikipedia, Lancet) confirm the general conflict and high casualty rates in Gaza, they do not provide this specific statistic regarding visual impairment.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is the deadliest conflict for journalists in history, according to the Costs of War Project. According to the United Nations, the number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_journalists_in_the_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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