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by Reuters Monday, 29 January 2018 20:43 GMT One-day strike closes UNRWA schools, food depots GAZA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Schools, clinics and food distribution centres in the Gaza Strip were closed most of Monday by a demonstration by…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has launched an appeal for its emergency programmes of over US$800 million; approximately US$400 million each for Syria and the occupied…

Palestine refugees across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) continue to face Israeli occupation, repeated violations of human rights and high levels of violence, with individual, familial and community resilience stretched to the limit. In Gaza, the political…

Executive Summary In 2017, Palestine refugees across the oPt continued to face Israeli occupation, repeated violations of human rights and high levels of violence, with individual, familial and community resilience stretched to the limit. In Gaza, the…

Children and families in the State of Palestine are exposed to conflict, violence and displacement, as well as the denial of access to livelihoods and basic services, including safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and health care.…

Today, hundreds of school children in Gaza gathered with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Mr. Pierre Krähenbühl, to launch the global fundraising campaign #DignityIsPriceless. The campaign follows the dramatic reduction of…

17 January 2018 Not for the first time in its proud history, UNRWA faces a formidable challenge in upholding its mandate – an expression of the will of the international community - and preserving key services like…

Jerusalem, 17 January 2018 I am deeply concerned about the significant reduction in funding for UNRWA, which is critical to the provision of humanitarian assistance in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). Some 2.5 million Palestinians in this…

Sanyora, 35, is a divorced single mother, living with her six children and her brother at her parents’ home in Beit Lahia, north Gaza. Divorce in Gaza comes at a steep price. “I wouldn’t have had…

HIGHLIGHTS The number of Palestinians allowed to move in and out of Gaza declined by almost 50 per cent in 2017 compared with 2016. High level of demolition of Palestinian structures in East Jerusalem in 2017 in contrast…