UN agency declares Gaza ‘One of the most complex and challenging’ situations

UN agency declares Gaza ‘One of the most complex and challenging’ situations

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees says the humanitarian operation in Gaza has fast become one of the most complex and challenging in the world. The agency’s commissioner-general, Philippe Lazzarini, says the crisis in Gaza is a man-made disaster compounded by dehumanising language and the use of food, water, and fuel as instruments of war. Separately, Al Jazeera reports that according to the latest figures from […]

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United Nations staff killed in northern Gaza

In northern Gaza, nearly 200 people were killed and injured following attacks this weekend on the UN-run Al-Fakoura school. According to Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UN employees have also lost their lives in these incidents.

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