UNRWA

UNRWA: People in Gaza eat once every two days

Thursday-19-September-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has cautioned that the Palestinian people in Gaza are eating, on overage, once every two days, casting light on the famine crisis as a few amounts of aid trucks are allowed into the enclave.

Lazzarini: Israel stopped issuing visas to international NGO workers

Wednesday-18-September-2024

The Israeli government has stopped issuing visas to members of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday.

UNRWA: Sanitary conditions in Gaza worsening by the day

Tuesday-17-September-2024

UNRWA has warned that disease-spreading insects and rodents are threatening people’s health and well-being in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Guterres: UNRWA is the backbone of humanitarian support to Gazans

Saturday-14-September-2024

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the Israeli claims against UNRWA as false and intolerable.

UNRWA warns of escalating rates of anxiety and depression in Gaza amid the ongoing aggression

Saturday-7-September-2024

UNRWA said on Friday that “2.1 million Palestinians living in Gaza have witnessed or experienced an unprecedented number of violent and traumatic events.

Lazzarini calls on international media to pressure Israel and enter Gaza

Thursday-5-September-2024

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, on Thursday urged international media institutions and journalists to pressure Israel to allow access to the Gaza Strip, to convey the suffering and support their colleagues there.

UNRWA Commissioner-General: 70% of the agency’s schools in Gaza destroyed

Monday-2-September-2024

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that more than 70% of the agency's schools in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged.

Lazzarini: Israel purchases Google ads to discredit UNRWA

Saturday-31-August-2024

The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for the Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Phillippe Lazzarini, said on Saturday the Israeli government is purchasing Google ads to discredit the agency, and discourage donations.

Lazzarini: More than 150 Palestinian children killed in West Bank since October 7

Saturday-31-August-2024

The Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Friday, that Israel has killed more than 150 Palestinian children in the West Bank, since the start of the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7.

UNRWA: Israel forcibly displaced about 250,000 Gazans in August

Thursday-22-August-2024

UNRWA has affirmed on Thursday that the Israeli army had forcibly displaced about 250,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the current month, August.