UNRWA Commissioner-General on East Jerusalem: An assault on children. An assault on education
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter) The West Bank is undergoing an alarming spill over of the Gaza war…..
The forced displacement of Palestinian communities in the northern West Bank is escalating at an alarming pace.
Scenes of total devastation driving through Gaza City today, +70% of homes across Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed.
Medical scissors are now added to a long list of banned items the Israeli Authorities classify as “for dual use”. The list includes basic and lifesaving items: from anesthetics, solar lights, oxygen cylinders and ventilators, to water cleaning tablets, cancer medicines and maternity kits.
Philippe Lazzarini: “In just over four months in Gaza, there have been more children, more journalists, more medical personnel, and more UN staff killed than anywhere in the world during a conflict. It is with profound regret that I must now inform you that UNRWA has reached a breaking point, with Israel’s repeated calls to dismantle it and the freezing of funding by donors at a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs in Gaza.”
“In the past 24 hours alone, four UNRWA shelters were damaged in the Gaza Strip. “Today, a school-turned shelter was damaged at the Jabalia Refugee Camp, the largest in the….