Gaza: UNRWA chief underscores duty to protect civilians at all times
“Let me be clear: protecting civilians in times of conflict is not an aspiration or an ideal; it is an obligation and a commitment to our shared humanity,” UNRWA Commissioner…
Gaza: UNRWA issues urgent call for civilians to be protected
The statement came as the Israeli-imposed deadline for some 1.1 million civilians to leave the northern part of the enclave, ahead of what is expected to be a major advance…
UNRWA appeals for end to deadly clashes at Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon
The fighting between Palestinian armed groups at Ein El Helweh camp has also forced thousands to flee their homes that have been damaged. Ein El Helweh is one of 12…
Violence at refugee camp in Lebanon leaves 11 dead, forces thousands to flee: UNRWA
Eleven people were killed and another 40 were injured, including a staff member with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said Dorothee Klaus, Director of UNRWA Affairs in…
Gaza: Over a quarter of UNRWA centre patients needing mental health support
This is the highest rate of mental health need ever recorded, across UNRWA’s medical system. UNRWA’s health programmes support some two million Palestine refugees across Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian…
Palestinian refugees face hitting ‘rock bottom’, warns UNRWA in $1.6 billion appeal
Head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, told journalists in Geneva that competing global crises, and skyrocketing levels of poverty and unemployment among Palestine refugees, have put immense strain on them –…