The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that the number of UNRWA employees killed during the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 300.

Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), has warned against the Israeli blockage in Gaza and said the clock is ticking towards famine and the people of Gaza are dying.

Palestinians across the Middle East are commemorating the anniversary of the "Nakba" -- Arabic for "the Catastrophe" -- when some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled by Israeli forces or fled their homes in what is now Israel during the 1948 war that surrounded its creation.

Who could have imagined 19 months ago that it would take more than a year and a half of Israel slaughtering and starving Gaza’s children for the first cracks to appear in what has been a rock-solid wall of support for Israel from western establishments.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported that more than 66,000 children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from severe malnutrition due to the ongoing Israeli starvation policy,

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned against the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, now entering its ninth week under a complete Israeli blockade.

Gaza residents are forced to innovate and adapt to survive the famine, while they wait for the world to open its doors to them.

Ireland joined six European countries today in a joint statement on Palestine, urging Israel to "refrain from further military operations and fully lift the blockade."

ISTANBUL, May 19 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- More than 300 staff members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 2023, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing the agency’s chief on Sunday.