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Oct 23, 2024 · The Members of the Security Council emphasized the vital role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to Palestinian …
UNRWA Situation Report #128 on the situation in the Gaza Strip …
Aug 15, 2024 · UNRWA estimates that, in total, at least 563* IDPs sheltering in UNRWA installations have been killed and at least 1,790* injured since the start of the war. UNRWA is verifying the number of casualties caused by incidents that impacted its installations.
UN Food Convoy Successfully Reaches Southern Gaza | UNRWA
Dec 10, 2024 · The United Nations General Assembly established UNRWA in 1949 with a mandate to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestine refugees in the Agency’s area of operations pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.
Humanitarian assistance reaches UNRWA shelters in northern …
Nov 29, 2023 · A convoy of trucks delivered much-needed aid to UNRWA shelters in the northern Gaza Strip. The six-truck convoy reached Jabalia on 27 November, an area that had been cut off from assistance for nearly 50 days.
Investigation completed: allegations on UNRWA staff participation …
Aug 5, 2024 · From Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General “I acknowledge the completion of the investigation by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) into the serious allegations that 19 area UNRWA staff members in Gaza were involved in the abhorrent attacks of 7 October on southern Israel.
UNRWA Situation Report #150 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the …
Dec 5, 2024 · On 1 December, UNRWA teams responded to 559 cases in health centres and at medical points through individual consultations, awareness sessions and to address cases of gender-based violence (GBV). On 1 December, UNRWA medical teams provided care for 490 post-natal and pregnant women at high risk.
The Gaza Strip: Humanitarian crisis deepens at a time funding
Feb 1, 2024 · UNRWA is the largest humanitarian organization in Gaza. Of its 13,000 staff, more than 3,000 continue working, they are the backbone of the humanitarian aid operations. “It’s difficult to imagine that Gazans will survive this crisis without UNRWA,” White said.
Second round of polio vaccination begins in the Gaza Strip | UNRWA
Oct 14, 2024 · Today the second round of the polio vaccination campaign began in the middle area of the Gaza Strip. Over the coming 12 days, UNRWA and partners aim to vaccinate around 590,000 children under ten years of age with a second dose of …
UNRWA Situation Report #108 on the situation in the Gaza Strip …
May 19, 2024 · 382* incidents impacting UNRWA premises and the people inside them have been reported since the beginning of the war (some with multiple incidents impacting the same location), including at least 53 incidents of military use and/or interference at UNRWA premises.
Situation reports on Gaza and West Bank | UNRWA
UNRWA Commissioner-General posted on his official X account that four schools (including two UNRWA schools) have been hit over four days between 6–9 July. Since the war began, two thirds of UNRWA schools in Gaza have been hit, some destroyed and many severely damaged.