Gaza

13 October 2020
Food assistance in Gaza is the largest emergency intervention by UNRWA currently supporting 1.14 million Palestine refugees. The uniquely compelling circumstances of living under an economic blockade make such an intervention unavoidable. It is even more necessary as the...
11 September 2020
The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Mr. Guo Wei and the Commissioner General of UNRWA, Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, signed a contribution agreement of US$ 1 million in support of food assistance in Gaza
25 August 2020
Against the background of 14 years of an illegal blockade and the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNRWA
06 August 2020
Chosen from more than two thousand international contestants, Nagham Al-Yazji, 15, was just named a winner in the 2020 Inspirational Messages of Peace Contest by the United States National Park Service and International World Peace Rose Garden. The competition celebrates...
14 July 2020
The Government of Italy signed an agreement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East worth EUR 1.79 million to support the Agency’s health programming.
21 June 2020
Qatar Charity signed a contribution agreement for US$ 1.5 million with UNRWA in support of the Agency’s food assistance programme in Gaza.
01 May 2020
Today, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) signed an agreement for a US$ 1 million contribution from KSrelief, in support of the Agency’s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Gaza. The agreement was signed by His...
22 April 2020
Yesterday, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered a hand grenade and a military vest hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip