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...
London, United Kingdom – AFP Britain’s new government announced on Friday it has lifted the January funding suspension for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and committed to providing £21 million ($27 million) in new funds. “We are overturning the suspension of UNRWA funding,” British foreign minister David...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has announced only 10 of its 26 health centers in the Gaza Strip are operational. “Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities in occupied Palestinian territory have been documented by @WHO,” the UNRWA stated on X. “In #Gaza only 10 out of 26 @UNRWA Health Centres are operational,” t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Every morning, Palestinians queue for hours under the burning sun to fill their bottles and jerrycans with drinking water amid an Israeli war on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. “Many of them have to walk long distances carrying heavy weights in the summer heat,” the UN […...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The death toll from Israeli bombardment of a UN-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip rose to 22, the Health Ministry said on Monday. At least 102 other people were injured in the attack that targeted the Abu Oreiban School run by the UN Agency for Palestinian […]
Palestinian Territories — AFP The Israeli army has dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza City urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive that has rocked the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory. The leaflets, addressed to “everyone in Gaza City”, set out designated escape routes to the south and warned that t...
