ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli government has been accused of purchasing Google ads to discredit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and discourage donations, according to a statement made by the agency’s commissioner-general. Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA commissioner-general, to...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has issued a stark warning about the potential impact of a military operation in Gaza during the upcoming polio vaccination campaign. In a statement on X, UNRWA said: “We cannot vaccinate children who are fleeing for their lives,” and warned that “any military operations duri...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United Nations said Monday it had to halt the movement of aid and aid workers within Gaza due to a new Israeli evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, which had become a hub for its workers. A senior UN official had earlier said that UN operations had […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli attacks in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah have forced most water wells out of service, resulting in an 85% water shortfall, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. The Israeli army has demanded Palestinians evacuate an area east of Deir al-Balah that was previously designated [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has said that 207 of its team members have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the Israeli war on October 7. “207 UNRWA team members have been killed in Gaza since the war […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for residents in several areas of central and southern Gaza Strip, which were previously designated as “humanitarian safe zones.” Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee announced that residents of Blocks 89-2356 in the neighborhoods of east Deir al-Balah and those in the neig...
ANKARA (AA) – Women and girls have been facing “deepening dehumanization” due to Israel’s attacks, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said, calling for a cease-fire to “restore dignity.” Describing “what it is like to be a girl or a woman in Gaza,” Philippe Lazzarini said on X: “Women & girls […]...
MILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN has announced the completion of an investigation by its Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) into allegations made by Israel against staff members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) following events on October 7 last year. In relation to the findings, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says that it has begun a gradual resumption of educational activities in some shelters in the central and southern Gaza Strip. In an interview, UNRWA Media Director Inas Hamdan explained that the resumed activities are part of a long-term plan, focusing initially on sports, art...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that nine out of 10 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced in the Gaza Strip. “Families seek shelter where they can: overcrowded schools, destroyed buildings, makeshift tents on the sand or amid piles of trash,” the agency said in a statement. It stressed [&he...
