UNRWA

Palestinian medical workers in Syria struggle to provide basic services

Mutawalli Abou Nasser
Damascus
7 June 2013

A nine-year-old girl is among those to have died because they could not receive essential treatment.

Life "no longer bearable" in Syria, says Palestinian refugee

Rami Almeghari
Cairo
14 May 2013

Palestinians forced to flee Damascus are trying to survive on help from charities in Cairo.

Palestinian children unite in song

Joe Catron
Gaza City
26 April 2013

Satellite helps connect refugee children across the Middle East.

Cuts threaten UN food aid in Gaza

Gaza City
11 April 2013

Although the number of refugees in Gaza continues to rise, funding for the UN agency caring for them has stagnated.

Podcast: Linah Alsaafin on Maysara Abuhamdia, the latest victim of Israel’s medical neglect of prisoners

Linah Alsaafin discusses the recent imprisonment, medical neglect and death of Palestinian prisoner Maysara Abuhamdia.

Palestinians fleeing Syria bombed by Israel in Gaza

Gaza City
18 February 2013

Palestinians who fled violence in Syria were among those bombed by Israel for eight consecutive days in November.

Study: Palestinian refugee services slashed despite ongoing displacement

Palestinian refugees are the largest and longest-standing unresolved group of foribly displaced persons in the world.

Gaza doctors rebuild medical center destroyed by Israel

Eva Bartlett
Gaza City
11 December 2012

Fertility specialist can’t find equipment he needs in Gaza but feels he has no choice than to resume work.

Father and two sons among 162 slain by Israel in Gaza

Mohammed Omer
Gaza City
22 November 2012
More than half of those injured were women and children.

After UNRWA protest, Israel hides video falsely alleging firing from Gaza schools

The Israeli army has hidden from public view a YouTube video that suggested UN-run schools in Gaza were used as rocket launching bases.

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