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

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. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/11/1157411
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Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’
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Gaza: ‘People losing hope’ as aid access is refused to north, warns UNRWA

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

12 Nov 2024

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.

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Gaza: UNRWA issues urgent call for civilians to be protected

Gaza: UNRWA issues urgent call for civilians to be protected

14 Oct 2023

The UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) issued an urgent call on Saturday for Israeli Authorities to protect all civilians sheltering in Gaza.

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Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza City a ‘ghost town’, reports UN aid agency

Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza City a ‘ghost town’, reports UN aid agency

29 Nov 2023

Amid hopes of a deal to extend the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that humanitarian assistance had reached its shelters in northern Gaza for first time since war erupted last month.