UNRWA

PFLP and PCHR slam Swedish decision to stop funding UNRWA

Saturday-21-December-2024

The Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) have strongly denounced the Swedish government’s decision to end its funding for UNRWA.

Israel’s war on education in Gaza

Friday-20-December-2024

Hundreds of schools, including those run by the UN, in the besieged Gaza Strip have been bombed, and students and teachers killed, in more than 440 days of Israeli bombardment.

UNRWA suspends its operations in Jenin refugee camp due to ongoing clashes with PA forces

Saturday-14-December-2024

UNRWA announced on Saturday the suspension of its operations in Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank due to the ongoing security tension for the tenth day in a row in the city of Jenin and its camp.

Lazzarini: Banning UNRWA’s operations in Gaza aims to strip Palestinians of their right of return

Saturday-14-December-2024

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Friday “Israel’s banning the relief agency’s operations in Gaza is aimed at stripping Palestinian refugees of their right of return.”

Lazzarini: Ceasefire is crucial step to get Gaza children back to education

Monday-9-December-2024

The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Monday that a ceasefire in Gaza would be a crucial first step to get children back on track to education.

UNRWA ban: Why does Israel oppose the UN agency

Thursday-5-December-2024

When Israeli occupation forces target the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), it becomes clear that the goal goes beyond the UN organization itself.

Lazzarini announces suspension on receiving humanitarian aid via the Kerem Shalom crossing

Sunday-1-December-2024

Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), announced the suspension of aid delivery through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

UNRWA: Gaza is facing intense bombing never witnessed since World War II

Friday-29-November-2024

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said the Gaza Strip has been witnessing the most intense bombing against civilians never witnessed since World War II.

UNRWA says Israel blocked all UN attempts to deliver aid to northern Gaza

Thursday-28-November-2024

UNRWA said on Thursday that Israeli authorities denied 82 of 91 attempts by the UN to deliver aid to northern Gaza between early October and November 25.

Lazzarini calls for urgent protection of the rights of Palestine refugees

Monday-18-November-2024

The only alternative to the UN Palestinian agency’s work in Gaza is to allow Israel to run services there, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, told reporters in Geneva on Monday.