The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's mandate encompasses Palestinians who fled or were expelled during the Nakba, the 1948 Palestine War, and subsequent conflicts, as well as their descendants, including legally adopted children. As of 2019, more than 5.6 million Palestinians are registered with UNRWA as refugees.
In a wide-ranging interview with Euronews in Brussel, UNRWA Gaza director Scott Anderson drew a devastating picture of the..
Only 30 humanitarian trucks enter Gaza each day, which barely amounts to 6% of pre-war supplies, warns UN agency UNRWA.
The damage to the office comes after Israel’s parliament passed laws this week effectively banning UNRWA’s operations in Israel..
