UNRWA

UNRWA: 250,000 set to be displaced in new Khan Yunis escalation

Tuesday-2-July-2024

In an alert detailing another night of heavy bombardment across the Gaza Strip, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Gazans fleeing the southern city have had to erect shelters at the water’s edge because displacement camps are already packed at the coast.

UNRWA: Humanitarian response is impossible in Gaza with Israeli restrictions on aid

Monday-1-July-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday that the severe restrictions imposed by Israel on the arrival of aid to the Gaza Strip make providing a humanitarian response “extremely difficult, if not impossible.”

UNRWA: 625,000 Palestinian children deprived of education in Gaza

Friday-28-June-2024

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that more than 625,000 Palestinian children were deprived of schooling for more than eight months due to the Israeli war on Gaza.

UNRWA: Severe shortages of medicines and fuel in Gaza hindering life-saving operations

Friday-28-June-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned about the critical health care needs of Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza, emphasizing that only a few of its health centers remain operational in the region.

Israel continues to deliberately bomb UN-run shelter centers, killing the displaced people

Wednesday-26-June-2024

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said that Israel has implemented a systematic policy of targeting civilians of the Gaza Strip, who are protected by international humanitarian law.

UNRWA Commissioner: We are witnessing the largest Palestinian catastrophe since the Nakba

Monday-24-June-2024

The Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that Israel is seeking to end the operations of the United Nations agency, and is targeting other UN agencies as well.

UNRWA: More than 76% of schools in Gaza need reconstruction

Saturday-22-June-2024

More than 76% of schools in the Gaza Strip need to be “rebuilt or restored" in order to be able to operate again, according to the Global Education Cluster”, UNRWA said in a post on X on Friday.

UNRWA: 193 of our staff killed in Gaza since the start of the Israeli war on the enclave

Tuesday-18-June-2024

The UNRWA said in a statement on X that 193 of its employees were killed in Gaza Strip since the Israeli war on the enclave in October last year.

UNRWA warns of catastrophic environmental, health risks in Gaza due to accumulation of waste

Thursday-13-June-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned of catastrophic environmental and health risks as a result of more than 330,000 tons of accumulated waste in populated areas throughout the Gaza Strip.

Norway: Israeli attacks on UNRWA in Gaza unacceptable

Wednesday-12-June-2024

Norway said that the Israeli attacks on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) are unacceptable, reiterating its strong support for the UN agency.