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23 Jul 2024 - 23:50

Jordan condemns Israel's designation of UNRWA as a ‘terrorist organization'

Israel's Knesset passes 3 bills to shut down UN agency

23 Jul 2024 - 12:29

Knesset shows preliminary approval to bill branding UNRWA as ‘terrorist organization’

The Israeli parliament, Knesset, has announced preliminary approval to a bill that brands the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, as a terrorist organization. The bill was approved in a first reading on Monday, Israeli media outlets reported.

22 Jul 2024 - 18:29

UNRWA: Israeli forces open fire towards UN convoy heading to Gaza

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said, in a post on X that an agency vehicle was hit by at least five bullets while it was waiting in front of an Israeli military checkpoint in the central Gaza Strip.

19 Jul 2024 - 09:26

UNRWA warns of deteriorating conditions in Gaza amid unrelenting Israeli onslaught

In a post on its X account, UNRWA stated, "Families in Gaza have lost everything. Our UNRWA colleagues continue distributing food and other urgently needed supplies such as tents and utensils, but it’s not enough."

12 Jul 2024 - 10:23

UN agency documents ‘appalling conditions’ of displaced Palestinians in Gaza

Louise Wateridge, UNRWA Senior Communications Officer, shared a video on X showing the school, which shelters 14,000 Palestinians.

9 Jul 2024 - 13:31

OIC condemns Israeli strike on Gaza Strip UNRWA school

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has denounced the recent deadly attack on a UN-run school in the besieged Gaza Strip calling for an independent investigation into the deadly attack that left over a dozen displaced Palestinians dead.

8 Jul 2024 - 22:27

There is no alternative to UNRWA, says Egyptian Foreign Ministera and UNRWA Commissioner-General

Abdel Ati said "suspending the financial contributions allocated to UNRWA is unacceptable, and means participating in the use of famine as a weapon of collective punishment against the Palestinians."

8 Jul 2024 - 17:24

UNRWA calls for 'independent investigation' into Gaza school bombing

This call was made in a statement issued by the agency’s Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, on his account on X.

7 Jul 2024 - 21:27

Gaza children spend 8 hours per day carrying food, water: UN

‘Sanitation facilities & infrastructure are severely compromised, forcing thousands of families to rely on seawater to wash, clean & even drink,’ says UN Agency for Palestine Refugees

6 Jul 2024 - 16:23

Gazans constantly being in ‘survival mode,' despair must stop: Head of UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees

“Again & again, the same tragic cycle,” Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X. “Earlier this week, the Israeli Authorities issued new evacuation orders for people in #Gaza forcing hundreds of thousands out of Khan Younis & Rafah in the south.”

2 Jul 2024 - 20:28

UNRWA says around 250,000 people impacted by recent Khan Younis evacuation orders in Gaza

'We expect these numbers to grow,' says senior communications officer of agency, adding people are heading toward west

30 Jun 2024 - 12:32

UNRWA warns against ‘unbearable’ living conditions in Gaza Strip

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned against the ‘unbearable’ and ‘extremely dire’ living conditions the Palestinians are enduring in the besieged Gaza Strip.

28 Jun 2024 - 15:00

UNRWA warns of critical health care shortages in Gaza

Severe shortages of essential medicines and fuel are hampering life-saving operations in the region, it said.

27 Jun 2024 - 12:30

At least 508 IDPs killed while sheltering in UNRWA centers

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says an estimated number of 508 displaced people who took shelter in UNRWA centers have been killed and nearly 1600 other injured amid Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

26 Jun 2024 - 08:55

UNRWA reports ten children lose legs in Gaza everyday

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says due to Israel’s genocidal war, an average of ten children in Gaza lose one or both of their legs every day.

25 Jun 2024 - 17:26

Decimated Gaza 'living hell' for over 2M people, says UNRWA chief

'Children are dying of malnutrition and dehydration, while food and clean water wait in trucks,' says Philippe Lazzarini

24 Jun 2024 - 17:22

UNRWA says 39,000 high school students in Gaza are deprived of taking exams

He slammed the deprivation of more than half a million children of education as appalling and sad.

23 Jun 2024 - 22:18

4 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on UN training center in Gaza

Fighter jets struck the headquarters of the Vocational Training College of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), according to witnesses.

23 Jun 2024 - 16:27

Israel targeted 69% of schools sheltering displaced people in Gaza: UN agency

‘This blatant disregard of humanitarian law must stop,’ says UNRWA

23 Jun 2024 - 12:12

UNRWA says over 76% of Gaza schools in need of reconstruction

More than 76 percent of the schools in Gaza should reportedly be ‘rebuilt or restored’ in order to operate again due to the incessant Israeli strikes that has left a trail of destruction in the besieged strip.

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