Informes

Executive Summary COVID-19 has resulted in an unprecedented global crisis. As the pandemic spreads and countries around the world continue to struggle to contain its health and socio-economic consequences, UNRWA is issuing a new humanitarian appeal from…

Today, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) launched a US$ 94.6 million COVID-19 Appeal. This funding is required by the Agency to mitigate the worst impacts of…

Rasha Abu Tuaima is a 39-year-old farmer from Ash Shouka area of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, where she lives with her husband and 11 children in a tin-roofed, two-bedroom house. Their youngest daughter has…

Part 1 Impact of the Crisis and Humanitarian Consequences 1.1 Context of the Crisis The humanitarian context of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) is a protracted protection crisis, characterized by more than 50 years of Israeli occupation, insufficient respect…

The Covid-19 crisis is like a snowball that keeps expanding. I worry it may become an avalanche that engulfs us all, warns Muneeb Abu-Ghazaleh, Country Director of Islamic Relief in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The blockade on…

Highlights The overall number of COVID-19 cases rose by forty per cent and 45 more people died. First cases of community transmission reported in Gaza, leading to two fatalities. Complete lockdown in Gaza, amidst intensified hostilities and a significant…

Islamic Relief has been operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 1998, providing humanitarian support to communities affected profoundly by 53 years of occupation and long periods of economic blockade. The ongoing impact of occupation, blockades and…

The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Mr. Guo Wei and the Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, signed…

Sustainable development and COVID-19 In addition to the public health and humanitarian implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis has delivered a negative shock to Palestinian socioeconomic development, putting at risk public welfare, employment and livelihoods, poverty…

In Numbers 345,855 people assisted in July 2020 US$4.4 m cash-based transfers made 376 mt of food distributed US$28.2 m six months (September 2020 – February 2021) net funding requirements Operational Updates • WFP Palestine provided food assistance through Cash Based Transfers…