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UNRWA urges more funding amid fears of impact on Palestinians

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini has made an appeal for donations after he warned that a lack of funds could impact Palestinians' needs.

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14 November, 2025
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Gaza children slowly return to school after two years of war

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01 November, 2025
Israel renews Gaza ceasefire after strikes kill 45 Palestinians; Hamas accuses it of fabricating pretexts to resume war
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Israeli drone strike kills Palestinians in Gaza truce violation

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27 October, 2025
UNRWA provides life-saving aid to Palestinians in Gaza
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Israel defies ICJ ruling, vows to bar UNRWA from Gaza

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23 October, 2025
A view of a humanitarian aid warehouse in Al-Arish, near the Gaza Strip on October 22, 2025 in Arish, Egypt
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UN court tells Israel to ease Gaza aid restrictions

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22 October, 2025
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UN presses for more shelter aid in Gaza ahead of harsh winter

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22 October, 2025
Displaced Palestinians wait in long lines for a charitable meal under crowded tents in Khan Yunis
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World Court tells Israel to ease Gaza aid restrictions

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22 October, 2025
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Aid groups poised to roll out mass relief after Gaza truce

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09 October, 2025
Palestinians, including children, in Gaza city center, where the Israeli army launched ground attacks following airstrikes, are migrating towards the southern regions
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UNRWA calls Gaza situation 'hell' as Israel kills 44 people

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27 September, 2025
A view of destruction at UNRWA headquarters, which provides aid to millions of Palestinians and works under the United Nations, is targeted by Israel in Gaza City, Gaza on February 11, 2024
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UNRWA chief says it must be part of Gaza reconstruction

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26 September, 2025
Palestinians move toward Gaza City center via Al-Rashid Street with limited belongings in vehicles, horse-drawn carts, and on foot, forced to flee due to Israel's intense attacks on northern Gaza
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Gaza City bombardment intensifies, Doha summit set to start

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14 September, 2025
A boy sits outside the entrance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building complex in Gaza City on September 6, 2025
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Pressure on UNRWA mounts as Arab countries slash donations

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08 September, 2025
Palestinians flock to Zikim crossing for humanitarian aid
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UN holds first talks with GHF amid forced starvation in Gaza

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08 August, 2025
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Israel has mastered the playbook of famine denial in Gaza

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UNRWA chief slams Gaza airdrops as '100 times more expensive'

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01 August, 2025
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini speaks to journalists during a press briefing
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UNRWA chief says Gaza aid airdrops will not stop 'starvation'

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26 July, 2025
Crowds form as Palestinians, including children, line up in Gaza City, Gaza to receive food distributed by a charity amid ongoing Israeli blockade and attacks on Gaza on July 22, 2025.
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Gaza aid staff, journalists near starvation amid Israeli siege

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23 July, 2025
Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a 1.5-year-old child in Gaza City, Gaza, faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and blockade, on July 21, 2025.
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Global outrage grows amid Israel's starvation siege of Gaza

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22 July, 2025
A Palestinian employee of UNRWA is looking at damages at the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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UNRWA staff and doctors fainting from hunger in Gaza: UN agency

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22 July, 2025
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Israel to cut utilities, seize UNRWA sites in Jerusalem

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12 July, 2025
A fuel truck crosses into Gaza from the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing in Rafah on 19 January 2025
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Gaza fuel crisis puts entire population at risk, aid groups warn

Oliver Mizzi
03 July, 2025