UNRWA Chief Slams Gaza Aid as 'Mockery' amid Soaring Death Toll from Israeli Offensive

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has denounced current aid deliveries to Gaza as a “mockery,” saying they fall woefully short of addressing the scale of suffering caused by Israel’s ongoing brutal war campaign.

UNRWA ban could result in more child deaths in Gaza, UNICEF says

Israel's decision to ban the UN relief agency UNRWA could result in the deaths of more children and represent a form of collective punishment for Gazans if fully implemented, UN agencies have said.

US Only Former Funder of UNRWA To Not Return - Official

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said all states that stopped funding UNRWA with the exception of the United States have resumed their financial support for the agency.

UN agency says 800,000 ‘forced to flee’ Rafah since start of Israeli assault

The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said Saturday that 800,000 people had been “forced to flee” Gaza’s far-southern city of Rafah since Israel began military operations there this month.

Excluding US' Decision, UNRWA Says All Except UK, Austria, Switzerland Resumed Funding

Excluding the US funding decision through next March, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) chief said on Tuesday that all countries except the UK, Austria, and Switzerland resumed funding to the agency.

UNRWA Says Five Killed, 22 Wounded in Israeli Strike on Gaza Food Distribution Center

At least five people, including a staff member, were killed, and 22 others wounded after Israeli forces targeted a food distribution center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported.

Canada lifting freeze on UNRWA funding after weeks of protests, criticism

Canada has announced it is lifting a freeze on funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), after facing fierce criticism for cutting assistance during Israel’s war in Gaza.

US Report Raises Doubts About Israel's UNRWA Accusations

A US intelligence assessment has raised doubts about Israel’s accusations against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), citing the regime’s bias against the UN agency.

UNRWA head says aid shipment blocked in Israeli port

The main United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza is facing growing administrative hurdles from Israel, with a shipment amounting to a month’s supply of food blocked in port, the agency’s chief said.

Israel calls on UNRWA boss to resign over alleged Hamas compound under Gaza HQ

Israel’s foreign minister has called for the resignation of the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees following the alleged discovery of a Hamas compound under the organisation’s headquarters in Gaza.

UNRWA: A food convoy for Gaza hit by Israeli naval gunfire

The Israeli occupation forces deliberately prevented relief directed for the people of the northern Gaza Strip, bombing the agency’s food aid convoy prior to its arrival, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said.

UNRWA funding row after Israeli allegations a ‘distraction’ from Gaza crisis: WHO

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday the row over funding for the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency was distracting from the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.

Japan suspends UNRWA funding amid controversy over alleged involvement in Oct. 7

Japan said it is joining other countries in suspending funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees following Israeli charges that some UNRWA staff took part in Hamas’s October 7 attack.

The countries joined the US suspending or reviewing their donations to the UNRWA

Eight countries have now joined the US in announcing they are suspending or reviewing their donations to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA. 

Record 102 UNRWA Staff Killed in Gaza Strip, This is Highest Number of UN Staff Killed in Any Conflict - Report

As many as 102 employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, the highest number of UN aid workers killed in any conflict in history, the UNRWA said on Wednesday.

UNRWA says its compound in southern Gaza was struck by Israeli navy

The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday one of its locations in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, sustained “significant damage” from Israeli army naval strikes.

Hamas accuses UN agency of being complicit in ‘forced displacement’ of Gazans

Hamas on Wednesday accused the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees of “colluding” with Israel in the “forced displacement” of residents of Gaza.

14 Members of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Killed by Israeli Airstrikes

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Sunday that 14 of the organization’s staff were killed in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu urges U.N. to close Palestinian refugees relief agency

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the United Nations to shut down a relief agency that provides services for Palestinian refugees.

Terrorists’ crime of slaughtering Palestinian child should make UNRWA alert : General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees

The General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) condemned the heinous crime perpetrated by the terrorists of the so-called “Nour al-Din al-Zinki ” movement , who beheaded a Palestinian child with cold blood and in front of cameras, calling upon The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to be fully alert for the crime.