UNRWA

Hamas: Preventing UNRWA aid in northern Gaza a continuation of the Israeli fascist war of starvation

Wednesday-3-April-2024

The Hamas Movement said on Wednesday that the UNRWA announcement that the Israeli occupation army continues to prevent the agency's teams from reaching northern Gaza to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians indicates Israel’s insistence on continuing its fascist war of starvation against Palestinian civilians.

Japan resumes funding to UNRWA

Wednesday-3-April-2024

Japan has announced it will lift its suspension of funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, whose efforts are needed to confront the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

UNRWA chief: Israel has to allow food delivery to northern Gaza

Saturday-30-March-2024

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), on Friday urged Israel to allow the organization's food and nutrition convoys reach northern Gaza and to open additional land crossings to facilitate the delivery of aid.

Israel bars UNRWA from delivering aid to northern Gaza

Monday-25-March-2024

The UNRWA said it has been barred by Israel from delivering aid to northern Gaza, where the threat of famine is the highest.

IOA bars UNRWA chief from entering Gaza

Tuesday-19-March-2024

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) prevented UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini from visiting the Gaza Strip, which is currently facing a humanitarian catastrophe due to the ongoing Israeli aggression and blockade.

UNRWA: Access via road is the best option to help people across Gaza

Monday-18-March-2024

Juliette Touma, UNRWA Director of Communications, affirmed in press statements that "there is a much more efficient, easier, faster, safer, cheaper way to get humanitarian assistance into Gaza."

Lazzarini: Israel bans entry of vital aid to Gaza

Tuesday-12-March-2024

UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini said that Israel banned the entry of critical aid to the Gaza Strip, including ventilators and cancer drugs.

UNRWA: Ramadan comes as extreme hunger spreads in Gaza

Sunday-10-March-2024

As millions around the world start observing the holy month of Ramadan, sadly in Gaza and across the region, many will mark this month facing conflict, displacement, and fear, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in a social media post.

UNRWA accuses Israel of detaining, coercing staffers into false confessions about ties to Hamas

Tuesday-5-March-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) accused Israel of detaining and torturing some of its staffers, coercing them into making false confessions about the agency’s ties to Hamas.

UNICEF: Gaza child deaths ‘likely to rapidly increase’ amid Israeli siege

Sunday-3-March-2024

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that many more children in Gaza will die of dehydration and malnutrition unless there is direct intervention to provide assistance.