UNRWA
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UNRWA Chief: 1.6 million in Gaza still face severe food insecurity
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini warned on Friday that 1.6 million people in the Gaza Strip are still facing high levels of severe food insecurity.
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Islamic Foreign Ministers Stress UN Presence in Gaza, Condemn Israeli Attack on UNRWA Facility
The foreign ministers of eight Islamic countries have issued a joint statement underscoring the vital role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in supporting Palestinian refugees, and condemning Israel’s attack on the agency’s premises as a clear violation of international law.
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Lowering UN flag at UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem violates international law: Commissioner-General
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Monday that Israeli police lowered the United Nations flag at the agency’s headquarters in East Jerusalem and raised the Israeli flag instead, describing it as a “new challenge to international law.”
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UNRWA urges ceasefire to restore education for Gaza’s children
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has emphasized the urgent need to uphold the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in order to restore a safe educational environment for children after two years of devastation caused by Israeli military operations.
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UNRWA warns of forced displacement of Palestinians amid rising settler violence in West Bank
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday that the dangerous escalation in Zionist settler attacks and settlement expansion operations in the West Bank could lead to forced displacement of Palestinians and pave the way for the de facto annexation of lands.
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UNRWA Chief urges global action to protect Gaza civilians
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) issued an appeal, urging “member states to act to protect civilians and support the work of the United Nations, including UNRWA.”
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UNRWA condemns Israel for silencing journalists in Gaza massacre
The commissioner general of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has condemned Israel for massacring five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, saying the occupying regime’s military continues to silence voices reporting its atrocities in the besieged Palestinian territory.
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Airdrops won’t stop famine: UNRWA demands Gaza access
The commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says the airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza are an ineffective and perilous diversion from the pressing necessity to lift the siege and facilitate the opening of land crossings.
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UNRWA chief strongly condemns Israeli school raids
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has denounced Israeli raids on UNRWA-run schools in occupied Al-Quds.