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Board of Peace secretly met with UNRWA despite public disavowal, ex-agency chief says

UNRWA remains the primary aid distributor in Gaza, maintaining an essential role in delivering health and educational services

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Top Saudi cleric urges troops to defend against the Houthis, and other Mideast developments

Saudi Arabia's top cleric has urged troops to defend the country against Iran-backed Houthi rebels

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Board of Peace has met with UNRWA despite saying it has no Gaza role, agency's ex-chief says

The U.S.-created Board of Peace has said the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has no place in Gaza

The Independent UK · Sep 25

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UNRWA chief steps down, seeks probe into killing of hundreds of staff in Gaza

The outgoing chief of UNRWA – the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees – has called for an independent probe into the deaths of hundreds of staff in Gaza, warning that unchecked violence and impunity risk fuelling a wider regional crisis.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 31

Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing

I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just for Palestinians, but the wider Middle East, says Unrwa commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21

UNRWA says facing 'unprecedented attack' as Israel demolishes building at east Jerusalem HQ

Israel has repeatedly accused UNRWA of providing cover for Hamas militants, claiming that some of its employees took part in the group's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.

Euronews · Jan 20

Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov will head Gaza peace board, Netanyahu says

Mladenov is a former Bulgarian defence and foreign minister who served as the UN envoy to Iraq before being appointed as the UN Middle East peace envoy from 2015-2020.

Euronews · Jan 8

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Unrwa has the capacity and expertise to support a postwar Gaza. We want to help make this peace work

With a ceasefire in place, rebuilding must begin, justice be delivered and healing seriously addressed by Palestinian and Israeli societies, says the commissioner-general of Unrwa Philippe Lazzarini

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

Hamas has radicalised children in UNRWA schools in Gaza, watchdog NGO report claims

A report presented in Berlin by the organisation UN Watch has found financial and personnel links between the UN aid agency and Hamas.

Euronews · Sep 18, 2025

International law isn’t dead. But the impunity seen in Gaza urgently needs to be addressed

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) says that Gaza is “becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law”.

The Conversation · Sep 10, 2025

Middle East crisis: at least 21,000 children disabled in Gaza during war, says UN committee – as it happened

More than 40,000 have suffered ‘new war-related injuries’ with more than half left disabled, says UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

Israel has destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in Gaza City: Civil Defence

Israeli attacks kill 51 Palestinians across Gaza, as Netanyahu’s government ignores international pleas to halt war.

Al Jazeera · Aug 24, 2025

Amid Gaza famine, Palestinian girl struggles to survive

UN official says Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing ‘hell in all shapes’ as Israel steps up its Gaza City assault.

Al Jazeera · Aug 24, 2025

Israeli forces kill 62 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn, medics say

Dozens killed on Saturday include 38 Palestinians seeking aid at controversial distribution sites, according to sources.

Al Jazeera · Aug 3, 2025

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Al Jazeera · Aug 2, 2025

Palestinian boy, 17, dies of Israel-induced starvation in Gaza

Atef Abu Khater’s weight dropped to just 25kg (55lbs) before he died of malnutrition, his family says.

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

Trump envoys praise ‘incredible’ aid efforts during Gaza visit after UN says nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed seeking food

Three Palestinians were killed at a Gaza aid site just hours after a visit to Rafah by Steve Witkoff and Mike Huckabee

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2025

Israeli forces kill 63 Palestinians in Gaza within hours of ‘humanitarian pause’, health officials say

Six more people starve to death as hunger and malnutrition crisis continues to worsen

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2025

Military pause not enough to ease Gaza suffering, Lammy warns

The Foreign Secretary called for access to aid to be ‘urgently’ widened over the coming hours and days.

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Evening Standard · Jul 26, 2025

Gaza ceasefire must be secured, PM to tell Trump amid stalled negotiations

The Prime Minister will meet Donald Trump during his visit to Scotland amid mounting global anger over the humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2025

Israeli attacks, forced starvation kill more than 70 Palestinians in Gaza

In the face of global anger, Israel announces planned humanitarian pause in civilian centres to enable aid distribution.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2025

At least 57 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Israel withdraws from ceasefire talks

Israeli PM looking at ‘alternative options’ to the discussions in Doha after removing his negotiators

Latin Times · Jul 26, 2025

UN Slams Gaza Airdrop Aid as 'Inefficient and a Distraction' Amid Starvation Crisis

A UN agency commissioner condemned Israel and Western leaders for planning to airdrop aid into Gaza while dozens of Palestinians, mostly children, have died, as 6,000 truckloads of aid remain stranded in Egypt and Jordan awaiting proper humanitarian distribution.

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2025

UK to airdrop aid in Gaza, evacuate children needing medical care

UNRWA chief says aid airdrops a dangerous ‘distraction’, could kill starving Palestinians.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025

Israel resumes aid airdrops into Gaza – as UK says it is working on its own plans

‘Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation,’ says UN official

Al Jazeera · Jul 25, 2025

‘We are dying’: Palestinians slam world’s inaction as hunger ravages Gaza

Gaza hospitals report 10 more deaths from starvation as Israel’s blockade plunges enclave into worsening crisis.

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