Photo: UNRWA/X At least 37 Palestinian children on average lose their mother every single day in Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israel and Hamas war on October 7, 2023. Taking to X on Friday, May 3, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said that the Israeli forces continues to target women in … Read more
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) called on Tuesday for countries to back an independent investigation into alleged killings and detentions of its staff and damage to its premises once the Israel-Hamas conflict ends. UNRWA has accused Israel of targeting its facilities during more than seven months of conflict in … Read more
This decision followed Israel’s refusal to allow the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) to deliver food to northern Gaza following claims that some agency staff had taken part in the attack on October 7 by members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Israel. United Nations staff inspect the wreckage of a car used … Read more
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday it had sufficient funds to run its operations until the end of May after many donors paused their funding over Israeli accusations that some staff took part in Hamas’ October 7 massacre, which triggered the war in Gaza. Kuwait has handed its … Read more
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, currently on a diplomatic tour of the Middle East, posted on X, of her plight to uncover sexual assault allegations by Palestinian women on Tuesday. “We believe Palestinian women. Allegations of sexual and gender-based violence against them must be investigated, and Palestinian women must be supported. Today, I announced … Read more
Photo: Getty United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has announced that the number of children killed in Gaza Strip since October 7 surpasses the number of children killed in world wars in four years. Taking to X, Lazzarini described the statistics related to children killed by Israel in … Read more
“Lying is a sign of desperation,” the Coordinator of the Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) replied in a Tuesday post on X, formerly Twitter, to an earlier post by UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini. COGAT is the official Israeli unit tasked with the coordination and facilitation of humanitarian initiatives in the Gaza Strip and … Read more
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, said that calls for dismantling his organization are “short-sighted” and would cause a bigger crisis in Gaza. “I have talked to the member states about all these calls to have UNRWA dismantled, to be terminated. I have warned about the impact, I have … Read more
Last month, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) revealed that it was investigating allegations against employees being involved in Hamas’ on-the-ground massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7. The allegations were spelt out in an Israeli intelligence document and also accused more than 180 of the UNRWA’s 13,000 employees were … Read more
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced his intention to cancel tax benefits for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency currently working for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). “The State of Israel will not give tax benefits to terrorist aides,” Smotrich wrote on X on Thursday, February 8. Smotrich also attached a news article from the … Read more
