Gaza: ‘People losing hope’ as aid access is refused to north, warns UNRWA

Dead bodies are lying in the streets of besieged northern Gaza while hospitals run out of blood packs – a situation that’s “nothing short of catastrophic”, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/11/1156841
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Gaza: ‘People losing hope’ as aid access is refused to north, warns UNRWA
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Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’

Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’

23 Nov 2024

Families fleeing from besieged areas of northern Gaza are leaving homes and shelters with just the shirts on their backs, Louise Wateridge, Senior Emergency Coordinator for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, told UN News on Saturday.

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‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA

‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA

31 Jan 2024

Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top UN humanitarians and NGO chiefs warned of the “catastrophic consequences” of defunding UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees facing allegations of collusion with Hamas.

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UNRWA fuel supply set to run out in three days

UNRWA fuel supply set to run out in three days

22 Oct 2023

The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, will run out of fuel in three days, putting humanitarian response in Gaza at risk, Director-General Philippe Lazzarini warned on Sunday.