UNRWA

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.

UNRWA: Palestinians in Gaza remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction

Friday-16-August-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has said that the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip “remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale.”

UNRWA chief: 625,000 children in Gaza lost one year of school

Thursday-15-August-2024

About 625,000 children, including 300,000 UNRWA students, have lost one year of school, Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said on social media platform X on Wednesday.

UNRWA chief: 75,000 people displaced in southwest Gaza in the past few days

Sunday-11-August-2024

Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said on Sunday evening that more than 75,000 people have been displaced in southwest Gaza in the past few days.

UNRWA: Israel killed 205 aid workers in Gaza

Friday-9-August-2024

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) revealed on Friday that 205 aid workers have been killed by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Gaza since October 7.

UNRWA: Malnutrition among children in northern Gaza surged by 300%

Thursday-8-August-2024

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has warned that malnutrition among Palestinian children in northern Gaza Strip has increased by more than 300% in July compared to May.