UNRWA

UNRWA: 32,000 people displaced from Rafah within 48 hours

Friday-31-May-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) revealed that more than 32,000 people have been displaced from Rafah within the past 48 hours.

UNRWA: One million displaced Gazans fled Rafah in three weeks

Tuesday-28-May-2024

Around 1,000,000 people have fled the Gazan city of Rafah in the past three weeks, UNRWA said on Tuesday.

Lazzarini: Scenes of Israel’s massacre in Rafah are harrowing

Tuesday-28-May-2024

UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has described the scenes coming out of Rafah, where children and women were massacred by the Israeli army on Sunday night as “harrowing” and a “testament to how Rafah has turned into hell on earth.”

Abu Hasna: No country has the right to designate UN institutions as terror groups

Monday-27-May-2024

UNRWA media advisor Adnan Abu Hasna has stressed that no country has the right to classify one of the major UN organizations a terrorist entity, warning that any Israeli step in this regard would be a dangerous escalation and lead to serious consequences.

UNRWA: Communicable diseases on the rise in Gaza

Friday-24-May-2024

The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said Thursday there is an increase in communicable diseases in the Gaza Strip, citing the World Health Organization (WHO).

UNRWA: The majority of Gaza population forcibly displaced

Thursday-23-May-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Wednesday that 75 percent of Gaza residents have been forcibly displaced.

UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

Sunday-19-May-2024

Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since the Israeli army launched a military operation in the area on May 6, UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has said in a renewed appeal for serious measures to protect civilians and provide safe humanitarian access in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

UNRWA: Over 630,000 Palestinians subjected to forced displacement from Rafah

Friday-17-May-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that more than 630,000 Palestinians have been forced to flee Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, since the start of the Israeli ground invasion on the city.

Lazzarini: No one is safe in Gaza including aid workers

Tuesday-14-May-2024

"No one is safe in Gaza including aid workers," UNRWA commissioner Philippe Lazzarini said on his X page on Monday.

UNRWA shuts down its office in Occupied Jerusalem

Friday-10-May-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) decided to temporarily closing its headquarters in Occupied Jerusalem after a number of settler attacks.