UNRWA staff cuts deepen in Gaza as Israel restricts critical aid access
Gaza City — After 18 years as a teacher with an UNRWA-run school, Maryam Shaaban (name changed for safety reasons) fainted upon learning she was among 600 employees dismissed from…
Gaza’s UNRWA schools are classrooms by day, displacement shelters at night
About 300,000 UNRWA pupils have been deprived of a formal education since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023. Gaza’s classrooms are slowly coming back to life, following two…
UNRWA chief warns of ‘deepening hunger’ in Gaza as Israel blocks all food
With Israel’s complete blockade on Gaza approaching 10 days, Philippe Lazzarini says aid is being ‘weaponised’. Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has…








