GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 16 Palestinians, mostly children, were killed and 50 injured in two attacks by the Israeli army on a UN-owned school in the central Gaza Strip and the southern city of Khan Yunis, media reports said Saturday. The army targeted a school belonging to the UN Relief and Public […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, says that Rafah is overwhelmed by the influx of displaced Palestinians. “The city is usually home to only 250,000 persons. And now, it’s more than 1.3 million,” said UNRW spokesperson Adnan Abu Hasna. “We have recently noticed a major collapse i...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency dispatched humanitarian aid to Gaza’s north for the first time since last month. “We began to dispatch humanitarian aid into northern governorates a week ago, for the first time since the end of a weeklong humanitarian pause on December 1,” Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesman […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army has killed a total of 308 Palestinians sheltering in UN facilities in Gaza since October 7, says the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). “Initial reports indicate on 25 December, 2 people sheltering in UNRWA Maghazi Prep School were killed and 1 […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said Friday an aid convoy came under fire by the Israeli military without causing any casualties. “Israeli soldiers fired at an aid convoy as it returned from northern Gaza along a route designated by the Israeli army,” UNRWA’s directo...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency warned Sunday that a Security Council resolution calling for an immediate increase in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip may do little without a truce. “It is welcome, but only time will tell what real difference this resolution is going to make,” Juliette Touma, a spokesperson for [&hellip...
GENEVA (AA) – The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Wednesday urged partners “not to act on distorted facts,” saying he is “horrified” at the smear campaigns that not only target Palestinians but also those who assist them. “I am horrified at the smear campaigns that target Palestinia...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP Fuel shortages, a lack of water and worsening sanitation in Gaza, along with attacks on health care and mass displacement, are creating “a perfect storm for tragedy”, the UN warned Tuesday. Here are some key numbers highlighted by the United Nations: – Impact on children – Israel’s ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – More than 10 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN-run school in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian group Hamas said. “This is a heinous crime and a disdain for the UN refugee agency UNRWA and the United Nations,” Hamas said […]
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Saturday that Israel “will be held accountable” for the massacre at a UN-affiliated school in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. “We will not leave this land, and you (Israel) will be held accountable sooner or later for your massacre at Al-Fakhoura Sc...
