This article is published in association with United Nations. “People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), said that is what one of its workers told him on Thursday morning. This sobering comment comes amidst increasingly severe […]‘Famine silently begins to unfold’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief says
July 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. “People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), said that is what one of its workers told him on Thursday morning. This sobering comment comes amidst increasingly severe […]‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says
October 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA appealed on Tuesday for an immediate truce in northern Gaza in a social media post describing how “three weeks of non-stop bombardments” by Israeli forces have impacted the region. UNRWA staff report that they cannot find food, water or […]
