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PHILIPPE LAZZARINI
'Walking corpses' haunt Gaza streets: UN says children dying of starvation, India urges emergency reliefA dire humanitarian crisis unfolds in Gaza, with UNRWA reporting alarming hunger-related deaths, predominantly among children, describing p...
15 Palestinians die of hunger, malnutrition in Gaza in 24 hoursIsrael controls all aid supplies into the war-ravaged enclave, where most of the population has been displaced multiple times and faces acu...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate enforcement of UNRWA lawIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the enforcement of the UNRWA law, ending the agency's operations in its territory. Th...
Israeli strikes kill 12 people in Gaza, keep up pressure on northIsraeli airstrikes in Gaza on Monday claimed the lives of at least 12 Palestinians, escalating fears among residents of further attacks and...
UNRWA chief says Israeli forces damaged agency's West Bank office; Israel disputes claimIsraeli bulldozers damaged the office of U.N. aid agency UNRWA in Nur Shams camp in the West Bank, according to the agency's chief. The Isr...
UN agency for Palestinians warns Gaza aid work may 'disintegrate' if Israeli legislation passesPhilippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, warns the UN Security Council that Israeli legislation could dismantle ...
UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct 7 attack on IsraelThe United Nations has dismissed additional staff from its agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, following an internal investigation into...
Israel out to destroy UNRWA, says agency chiefPhilippe Lazzarini said calls for his resignation were part of the Israeli government's push. "Right now we are dealing with an expanded, c...
Hamas warns Israeli Rafah op may cause casualties in 'tens of thousands'Hamas said "tens of thousands" could be dead and injured if the Israeli military attacked Rafah. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu o...
More countries pause funds for UN Palestinian agency; Israel wants it replacedSix European countries pause funding for UNRWA due to allegations of staff involvement in Hamas attacks; investigation opened and ties seve...
Israel vows to stop UN agency's activities in Gaza after warIsrael vows to stop UNRWA's operation in Gaza after the war and calls for the resignation of UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini. Israeli Foreig...
U.N. agency probes staff suspected of role in October 7 attacks on Israel"The Israeli authorities have provided UNRWA with information about the alleged involvement of several UNRWA employees in the horrific atta...
Largest aid convoy enters Gaza since October 7It said 200 trucks were dispatched to the Rafah crossing and 137 reached the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), where they were offl...
More than 20,000 wounded people still in Gaza: MSFMSF noted the evacuations of "a number of severely injured" people in a statement on Wednesday, saying that its 22 international staff memb...
Current aid system for Gaza 'geared to fail,' UN warns"The handful of convoys being allowed through Rafah is nothing compared to the needs of over two million people trapped in Gaza," UNRWA chi...
Israeli defence minister says the Gaza war has entered a new stage with an expanded ground operationThe families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas demanded on Saturday an immediate government explanation about their fate after the army's i...
UN says 'soon many more will die' from Gaza siegeIsrael laid a total siege on Gaza following the October 7 attacks by Hamas, cutting off food, fuel, water and power supplies to the enclave...
'Many more to die' from Gaza siege, UN warns on day 21 of warThe United Nations (UN) has cautioned that Gaza could witness further casualties due to severe shortages, following nearly three weeks of i...
Gaza aid called inadequate as new convoy arrivesThe UN Relief and Works Agency serving Palestinian refugees said it would “run out of fuel, critical for our humanitarian response across t...
We are on the 'verge of collapse', running out of body bags: Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees"As I speak with you, Gaza is running out of water and electricity. In fact, Gaza is being strangled and it seems that the world right now ...