UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) plays an irreplaceable role in offering critical assistance to the Gaza Strip, a UN envoy said on Tuesday. "There is no substitute" for UNRWA's capacity, knowledge, and the essential services it offers ...
Dujarric told reporters that the agency also continues to deliver health and education assistance and food aid in the Gaza Strip. When asked if there were any instructions to UNRWA staff, considering the Israeli law, the spokesman replied, "The directive is that UNRWA will continue to do its w...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the lack of accountability for killing UN staff as 'totally unacceptable'. Thursday 12 September 2024 09:20, UK Gaza Israel Israel-Hamas war This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Technical details : ...
UNRWA recorded cases of Palestinian UNRWA staff in Gaza detained by the IDF – including some detained during the performance of their official duties for the UN, including while working at UNRWA installations and in one case during a coordinated humanitarian movement. UNRWA staff were reportedly hel...
UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA says six workers killed in two airstrikes in Gaza The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine in the Near East (UNRWA) says it was the "highest death toll among our staff in a single incident"....
The crisis in Gaza continued to worsen as six of its staff were reported dead due to an Israeli airstrike on a school in the Strip, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. This represents the largest single incident in which there has been such a killing of its staff,...
NeitherIsrael nor any other official sourcehas shared with UNRWA a dossier alleging that 190 of the agency's staff members in Gaza are Hamas or Islamic Jihad terrorists. Stay updated with the latest news! Subscribe to The Jerusalem Post Newsletter ...
UNRWA will have to shrink its bloated bureaucracy in Gaza and at the same time, slash the salaries of those who remain. The agency may attempt to persuade rich Arab states to give more to their Palestinian brothers, but these countries have never given much to UNRWA in ...
Israel formally prohibited UNRWA from operating within its territory in January. Consequently, Lazzarini stated that international staff were forced to leave East Jerusalem due to expired visas. However, he noted that operations in Gaza and the West Bank remain unaffected.■...
UNRWA is the largest humanitarian organization in Gaza. Among its 13,000 employees, over 3,000 continuous staff are the backbone of humanitarian operations, according to White.■ Children are seen at a temporary camp in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Feb. 2, 2024. A senior offi...