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The Guardian - AU

UN agency in Gaza says urgent ceasefire is `a matter of life and death' for millions of Palestinians

The head of the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees is telling a U_N_ emergency meeting “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire has become a matter of life and death for millions.”

The Independent UK

Entire population of Gaza becoming ‘dehumanised’ says UN commissioner

Philippe Lazzarini, who leads main UN agency in Palestine, says lives of millions depend on ceasefire

The Guardian - UK

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UN says Gaza Health Ministry death tolls in previous wars ‘credible’

As US casts doubt on casualty figures from Gaza, UN official says that few have doubted their reliability in the past.

Al Jazeera

Israeli troops mount second ground raid into Gaza

Troops attack targets in eastern Gaza City and pre-dawn bombardments reportedly kill dozens

The Guardian - UK

I run the UN agency for Palestine refugees. History will judge us all if there is no ceasefire in Gaza

The Strip is becoming the graveyard of a population trapped between war, siege and deprivation: we need a humanitarian ceasefire, says the commissioner-general of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini

The Guardian - UK

Live updates | Israeli warplanes strike targets ahead of expected ground offensive in Gaza

Israeli warplanes are striking targets across Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive in the besieged Hamas-ruled territory

The Independent UK

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Israeli diplomat claims no Gaza "crisis"

"Gaza is being strangled and it seems that the world right now has lost its humanity," UN official says

Salon

Live updates | Day 10 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israel invasion that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its deadly incursion

The Independent UK

Aid flights land in Egypt amid efforts to open safe corridors into Gaza

No agreement by Saturday night on how to bring aid to trapped Palestinians before Israel’s expected ground assault

The Guardian - UK

Water a ‘matter of life and death’ for Gaza after Israeli siege, says UN

More than two million Palestinians left with limited access to clean water, something the UN is raising alarms about.

Al Jazeera

Tens of thousands of Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israeli airstrikes

Death toll from airstrikes reaches 2,200 as water, food and fuel supplies run low

The Guardian - UK

Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns of service cuts without more funding

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says that without a new injection of funding, it is “likely or highly likely” that the agency will not be able to deliver some services or pay salaries by the fall

The Independent UK

UN agency for Palestinians raises just $107m of $300m needed

UNRWA provides services to nearly six million Palestinian refugees but is on verge of financial collapse, UN chief says.

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The Independent UK

UN agency for Palestinian refugees raises just $107 million of $300 million needed to help millions

Donors at a pledging conference provided just $107 million in new funds for the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees despite a dire warning from the U_N_ chief that it “is on the verge of financial collapse.”

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Palestinian Refugee Chief Warns over Lack of Donors

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday that it faced growing challenges in running its operations as donors were set to contribute less money this year. Agency chief Philippe Lazzarini told The Associated Press in an interview that he plans to make a new appeal for donors after…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Stresses its Support to UNRWA’s Efforts to Revive Peace Process

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed on Tuesday Cairo’s keenness to support all efforts aimed at breaking the current stalemate in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. “Resuming the peace process would positively impact the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)…

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KSrelief, UNRWA Discuss Ways to Enhance Cooperation

Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr.

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The Independent UK

Facing 'tipping point,' UNRWA chief seeks Gulf state support

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is calling on rich Gulf countries to chip in more to help educate, house and provide health care to them

Al Jazeera

UN agency for Palestinian refugees seeks $1.6bn in funding

UNRWA says facing immense strain, calls for urgent funding to operate in 2023 amid ‘compounding challenges’.

Reuters

U.N. Palestinian refugee agency appeals for $1.6 billion in funding

The U.N. agency that delivers basic services to millions of Palestinian refugees appealed on Tuesday for $1.6 billion in funding after its head warned it was struggling to fulfil its mandate due to spiralling costs and shrinking resources.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi-Funded Health Center Opens at Palestinian Refugee Camp in Jordan

Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Naif bin Bandar Al-Sudairy and Commissioner-General of the United Nation Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini co-opened a Saudi Development Fund-financed health center designed to serve some Jordan-based 300,000 Palestinians in the Al-Zarqa refugee camp. In a speech…

Reuters

Exclusive-U.N. Palestinian refugee agency warns it is in funding 'danger zone'

The global economic crisis has pushed UNRWA, the U.N. agency that delivers basic services to millions of Palestinian refugees, into a "danger zone" that could result in it no longer being able to fulfil its mandate, the agency's head said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

UN agency for Palestinians needs $50-80m to ‘keep running’

UNRWA needs a capital investment of $200m in the next three years to help restore depleted assets.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Supports UNRWA with $27 Million

Saudi Arabia has announced a contribution of $27 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), during a press conference held in Amman on Sunday. Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Nayef Al-Sudairy handed the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, a check for…

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