UNRWA

“Endless cycles of war with - once again - hundreds of thousands of people in #Lebanon forcibly displaced from their homes and entire villages and neighbourhoods reduced to rubble.

Enough! People in Lebanon, already facing severe hardship and exhausted by previous wars, need safety and stability.

For Palestine Refugees, this is yet another blow, adding fear, destruction and disruption to communities already on the edge.

The war must stop now.

Civilians must be protected.

Essential services must be preserved.

Meanwhile #UNRWAworks every day in the camps under rising challenges.”

— UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini

Our latest on the situation in 📍#Gaza and the #WestBank, including East Jerusalem:

🔹Multiple airstrikes, shelling, and gunfire resulting in casualties were reported across the Gaza Strip

🔹All crossings into Gaza except for Kerem Shalom remain closed. Medical evacuations are still on hold, and a limited number of commercial supplies have been permitted to enter.

🔹Three Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on 7 March, marking six deaths as a result of settler violence since the beginning of 2026.

Full report: https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-212-humanitarian-crisis-gaza-strip-and-occupied-west-bank

Across shelters in the #Gaza Strip, UNRWA environmental health teams continue to run hygiene awareness sessions and pesticide spraying campaigns.

#UNRWAworks to help stop infectious diseases spreading in overcrowded shelters.

Through regular cleaning, spraying and hygiene promotion, UNRWA teams work to maintain safer and healthier conditions for displaced families.

“Yet again, spiraling violence across the region is forcing thousands to flee their homes in Southern Lebanon.

Today’s evacuation orders of 4 neighbourhoods in Southern Beirut are creating panic and greater forced and mass displacement.

As part of broader Lebanese authorities and civil society efforts, UNRWA has opened emergency shelters for displaced people — Palestine Refugees, Lebanese and Syrians alike.

Lebanon needs peace not more destruction, displacement and death.”

— @‌UNLazzarini

Thousands of people are being displaced in #Lebanon as violence spirals.

UNRWA has reopened emergency shelters in its facilities, where 1,300 people have so far sought a haven.

UNRWA teams are on site to provide somewhere to sleep, food parcels, other essentials, and support to the displaced Lebanese, Syrian, and #Palestine Refugee families arriving at our shelters.

#UNRWAworks

Our latest on the situation in 📍#Gaza and the #WestBank, including East Jerusalem:

🔹 In Gaza, the situation remains volatile. Since the ceasefire, 618 Palestinians have reportedly been killed amid ongoing airstrikes, shelling and gunfire.
🔹 Food insecurity risks are increasing as supplies dwindle. Some community kitchens serving displaced families have been forced to suspend operations, while UNRWA continues efforts to support livelihoods and reopen services, including the Sulafa Embroidery Centre in Gaza City.
🔹 In the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, movement restrictions have intensified amid the regional escalation.

Full report: https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-211-humanitarian-crisis-gaza-strip-and-occupied-west-bank

“The Middle East has become the deadliest place in the world:

- to be a medical worker
- ⁠to be a humanitarian
- ⁠to be a UN team member
- ⁠to be a journalist

And one of the deadliest to be a civilian.
This cannot be normalised. International humanitarian law matters. Accountability matters.”

– @‌UNLazzarini

RT: @UNLazzarini The Middle East has become the deadliest place in the world:

- to be a medical worker
- ⁠to be a humanitarian
- ⁠to be a UN team member
- ⁠to be a journalist

And one of the deadliest to be a civilian.

This cannot be normalised. International humanitarian law matters.

Despite the sharp escalation in #Lebanon, UNRWA is managing to keep providing essential services to #Palestine Refugees - from getting medication to patients with chronic diseases to collecting garbage in camps.

#UNRWAworks

RT: @DUALEBField .@UNRWA@mastox.eu reopened its main emergency shelter today, once again hosting displaced Lebanese, Syrian, and #Palestinerefugee families together. Inclusivity is a core humanitarian approach — especially in times of conflict and resource constraints.

Since 2 March 2025, UNRWA's aid supplies for #Gaza have been blocked by the Israeli authorities.

With crossings closing again, and then opening partially, access for all humanitarians remains highly uncertain and severely restricted.

Humanitarian supplies — including food, medicines, shelter materials and other essentials — for hundreds of thousands of people are waiting outside Gaza in UNRWA's warehouses, ready to be trucked in at a moment's notice.

Not allowing this in is a choice that only hurts people in Gaza, whose needs remain immense and are far from being met.

Despite these constraints, as the largest UN agency on the ground, UNRWA keeps doing its job across Gaza, including clean water, healthcare, and learning. We must be allowed to scale up.

#UNRWAworks

Suleiman is just two years old.

At an UNRWA health centre in #Gaza, he receives physiotherapy to support his development.

Through regular sessions, he continues to access the care he needs.

Since Oct 2023, UNRWA has delivered over 172,000 physiotherapy sessions, reaching nearly 24,000 people — including more than 4,300 with war-related injuries.

#UNRWAworks

“We draw, we shape the clay, we colour it, we laugh. Those are the best moments of my day,” says 14-year-old Rital, living in an UNRWA school-turned-shelter with her family in #Gaza.

Like the other 660,000 school-age children in the Gaza Strip, Rital’s childhood has been shaped by grief, repeated displacement and continued disruption of their education.

Through art-based self-expression, UNRWA counsellors begin to address the deep psychological impact of the war by inviting children to play, draw, and talk at their own pace.

#UNRWAworks

Full story: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/features/after-two-years-war-rital-finds-relief-through-art-eu-and-unrwa-support

“In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, access to education is under attack in plain sight.

Lands and homes have been taken away from Palestinians but not education, considered as a national pride and investment for a better future.

In #Gaza, hundreds of thousands of children have been out of formal school since October 2023.

UNRWA is keeping them learning in temporary spaces and online lessons, despite huge obstacles. But they need to get back into the classroom.

In the #WestBank, displacement, school closures and daily stresses put 48,000 Palestine Refugee students at risk.

Add UNRWA’s funding crisis and the risk of deep cuts to education programmes by the Agency and others: the risk of a lost generation is real.

UNRWA has made access to education for all Palestine Refugees a priority. To succeed, we count on all our partners and donors.”

— UNRWA Commissioner-General @‌UNLazzarini

RT: @UNLazzarini In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, access to education is under attack in plain sight.

Lands & homes have been taken away from Palestinians but not education, considered as a national pride + investment for a better future.

In #Gaza, hundreds of thousands of children have

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"A new chokehold on #Gaza.

Once again, Israel is renewing its ban on supplies entering Gaza.

After more than two years of unspeakable suffering and a spreading man-made famine, people still lack the most basic supplies, despite increases in aid since the ceasefire.

UNRWA personnel in Gaza keep providing healthcare, learning and clean water — but we must be allowed to do much more and certainly not less."

- @UNLazzarini

RT: @UNLazzarini A new chokehold on #Gaza.

Once again, Israel is renewing its ban on supplies entering Gaza.

After more than two years of unspeakable suffering & a spreading man-made famine, people still lack the most basic supplies, despite increases in aid since the ceasefire.

#UNRWA

In #Gaza, a UNRWA centre for visually impaired students has reopened.

56 students are back in class after months without school. UNRWA teams secured and adapted classrooms, provided materials and arranged transport to support the resumption of learning.

Teachers continue to organise activities using repaired Braille machines and handmade materials.

Learning must continue — even in the most challenging conditions.

#UNRWAworks

“There are concerns over ethnic cleansing in both #Gaza and the #WestBank” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @‌volker_turk.

UNRWA keeps supporting hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced people in Gaza and the West Bank, but the humanitarian situation is dire.

Read the report: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc6126-human-rights-situation-occupied-palestinian-territory-including

Amid severe access restriction and heightened insecurity, UNRWA teams continue providing essential services to #Palestine Refugees across the occupied #WestBank.

Medical consultations in UNRWA’s health centres and emergency health points primarily focus on maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, vaccinations, mental health, and physiotherapy.

#UNRWAworks

UNRWA supports children, women and men with the basic services that they need. Day in, day out.

#Palestine Refugees across the region rely on UNRWA for their healthcare, education, public sanitation, microfinance and more. For most of them, there are few or no alternatives.

#UNRWAworks. For the here and now - and to build a better future.

There are moments when silence is not an option.

This is one of them.

@SusanSarandon joins UNRWA to remind the world that, amid the devastation in #Gaza, UNRWA continues its work: keeping clinics open, sustaining shelters, and delivering emergency aid and education to thousands of families.

It is the largest humanitarian organisation in Gaza, and no other agency can replace what it does.

Supporting UNRWA means standing for human lives, human rights, and our shared humanity.

Together, we are UNRWA.

Donate now at: https://donate.unrwa.org/help

Sustained support to UNRWA is critical to maintaining essential services, @‌UNLazzarini told @‌Reuters, highlighting the importance of continuity.

UNRWA remains a critical provider of public services, including health and education, for millions of people in #Gaza and in the region.

Read the full interview: https://www.arabnews.com/node/2632922/middle-east