UNRWA

A boy looks at the camera while standing close to other boys and men holding pots over a vat of soup

Israeli extermination plan underway in northern Gaza

Maureen Clare Murphy 20 October 2024

Palestinians call for “maximum pressure” to stop accelerating genocide. Read more about Israeli extermination plan underway in northern Gaza

people look through rubble after an Israeli airstrike

Almost killed picking up a food parcel

Mosab Habboub 8 October 2024

Brothers barely escape alive from Israeli airstrikes on UNRWA headquarters in June. Read more about Almost killed picking up a food parcel

Palestinian boys, some holding pots, stand in a line at a food distribution site.

Israel tightens restrictions on food, medicine at Gaza crossings

Nora Barrows-Friedman 31 August 2024

Mass polio vaccination campaign begins amidst enormous logistical obstacles. Read more about Israel tightens restrictions on food, medicine at Gaza crossings

Four women and three children, most wearing sandals, walk along muck-covered road

Polio virus detected in Gaza as Israel attacks Khan Younis

Maureen Clare Murphy 24 July 2024

Benjamin Netanyahu accused of stalling deal ahead of speech in Congress. Read more about Polio virus detected in Gaza as Israel attacks Khan Younis

News highlights on week 41 of Israel's genocide in Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 19 July 2024

Israeli forces repeatedly target so-called “safe zones.” Read more about News highlights on week 41 of Israel's genocide in Gaza

A woman sitting on the ground reaches her arm across three shrouded bodies as other mourners stand nearby

Israel massacres civilians to maximize pressure on Hamas

Maureen Clare Murphy 17 July 2024

Flow of arms, international impunity prolong genocide in Gaza. Read more about Israel massacres civilians to maximize pressure on Hamas

Rows of makeshift tents beside a school in Gaza

Gaza's health problems are breaking my heart

Anonymous 16 July 2024

More than 10,000 cases of hepatitis A have been recorded. Read more about Gaza's health problems are breaking my heart

A man with bloodied hands cries while holding the head of an adolescent boy up to his face

Gaza facing "most dangerous days" of the genocide

Maureen Clare Murphy 10 July 2024

Experts estimate “up to 186,000 or even more deaths” could result from Israel’s war. Read more about Gaza facing "most dangerous days" of the genocide

People gather in a hugely damaged school after it was attacked by Israel

No respite for Nuseirat

Dima Ashour 8 July 2024

Israel has repeatedly committed massacres in central Gaza refugee camp. Read more about No respite for Nuseirat

News highlights on week 39 of Israel's genocide in Gaza

Nora Barrows-Friedman 4 July 2024

Israeli destruction of Shujaiya “apocalyptic,” UN official says. Read more about News highlights on week 39 of Israel's genocide in Gaza