In a statement, the agency said: “The war in Gaza continues to be a war on women.”

In January this year, Israel accused employees of the UN’s Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza of having participated in Hamas’s 7 October operation, further attempting to defame and discredit the vital aid relief agency at a time it has been most needed in the besieged strip.

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has called for independent investigation into what he called “blatant disregard” for the UN operations in Gaza.

Outlining how dangerous the situation in the Strip is, Abu Hasna Hadrat Al-Muwatin (Dear Citizen) programme on AlHadath AlYoum satellite channel: “Every ten minutes a child is killed in Gaza, and every day 67 women are killed, including 37 mothers. We are talking about hundreds of orphans. There are about 18,000 orphans who have lost everything; family,...

The report, which could prompt some donors to review funding freezes, also said Israel had yet to provide supporting evidence for its claim that a significant number of UNRWA staff was members of terrorist organisations.

“Since the onset of the war, UNRWA facilities have been transformed to provide emergency shelter for thousands of families seeking safety with nowhere to go,” it added.

Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko met with agency chief Philippe Lazzarini in Tokyo on Thursday to discuss the agency’s work in the wake of Israel’s ongoing assault on the besieged coastal enclave of Gaza.

Israel targeted multiple UNRWA facilities across Gaza Strip, according to report by UN agency

“What I can say today is that we can run our operation until the end of May, whereas a month ago I had just the visibility for the next week or two weeks,” UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, told Reuters in Geneva.

Antonio Guterres 'underscores that UNRWA is and will remain the beating heart of aid delivery in Gaza,' says spokesperson

The UN commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that siege, hunger and disease will soon become the main killer in Gaza.

Documents reveal the staff working for the international agency for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank have been subject to various forms of harassment by Israeli forces since October 7 brutal war on Gaza Strip.

Decision by Sida comes after agency took measures to increase transparency, strengthen review of personnel

A controversial decision by the United States to pause funding the UN refugee agency for Palestinian refugees may become permanent, reports say.

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said that the number of children killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip tops the total number killed in four years of world conflict.

The UN agency said humanitarian conditions are tragic in the Palestinian strip as the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is set to start on Monday.

'Without additional funding, we will be in unchartered territory -- with serious implications for global peace and security,' says Philippe Lazzarini

Expansion of Israeli army’s operation in Rafah ‘risks cutting the lifeline of assistance into Gaza, causing further suffering,’ says UNRWA

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini was speaking in Dublin, where Ireland announced €20 million ($21.6 million) in support for the agency and urged countries that have suspended funding to “urgently rescind that decision” and resume and expand their support.

The Palestinian group said the move is to “terminate the work of the agency which represents an international witness on the suffering of our people, on their forcible expulsion from their homes and on their right to return to them.”