Reports

Dear Ambassador Güngen, Chair of the Advisory Commission, Dear Mr. Haddad, Vice-Chair of the Advisory Commission, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear colleagues, I welcome your participation in today’s extraordinary session of the UNRWA Advisory Commission and wish to thank H.E.…

JERUSALEM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Palestine welcomed a contribution of €2.95 million (US$3.6 million) from the European Union to support critical food assistance to severely vulnerable Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The…

HIGHLIGHTS Israel’s blockade on Gaza tightened: further import restrictions, a suspension of exports, and a reduction of the accessible fishing area. The 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan is only 24 per cent funded, an all-time low, forcing agencies to…

HIGHLIGHTS On 23 July, a statement by Sami Mshasha, the UNRWA Spokesperson was issued on the implications of funding shortfall on emergency services in oPt: “The complex and harsh challenges the Palestine refugee community has endured over the…

Highlights • Since the start of the demonstrations associated with the “Great March of Return” on 30th March, 135 people have been killed, including 17 children in Gaza. More than 15,501 people were injured, 8,221 (53%) of…

The complex and harsh challenges the Palestine refugee community has endured over the past decades are monumental. This year the challenges have grown, following the largest ever reduction in funding UNRWA has faced. The ability…

In Numbers USD 2.6 m cash based transfers (CBTs) made USD 20.6 m six months (July-December 2018) 351, 000 people assisted in June Operational Updates in March 2018  In June, WFP assisted 351,153 poor and food insecure people: 241,024 people…

On 17 July 2018, Israeli authorities announced the full closure of the ‘Kerem Shalom’ Crossing point in southeast the Gaza Strip. This measure blocks the entry of fuel and cooking gas supplies, allowing only medicines and…

HIGHLIGHTS Half way through 2018, and due to its determined resource mobilization efforts, UNRWA has succeeded to maintain its operations across five fields and to reduce the initial budget shortfall of US$ 446 million by US$ 238…

HIGHLIGHTS $4.8 million urgently required for trauma management and emergency healthcare response to Gaza demonstrations. Housing survey reveals that 43,700 substandard homes in Gaza require full reconstruction or emergency shelter assistance Military order allowing the demolition of new unlicensed…