‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says

The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA appealed on Tuesday for an immediate truce in northern Gaza in a social media post describing how “three weeks of non-stop bombardments” by Israeli forces have impacted the region. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155971
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‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says
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Gaza: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis

Gaza: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis

01 Feb 2024

Lifesaving aid operations in Gaza are “in peril” amid ongoing Israeli bombardment because of the funding crisis impacting the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, top UN officials reiterated on Thursday.

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Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza

Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza

24 Mar 2024

Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.

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Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

18 May 2024

Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian access and, ultimately, a ceasefire.