Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 7m

"It would take UNRWA just about 3 hours to get trucks to the borders and then get much needed supplies directly to desperate people in #Gaza” our Juliette Touma tells @npr.org

The siege must be lifted, and the crossings must open.

#CeasefireNow

5 4

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 1h

“We have about 12,000 people — doctors, nurses, engineers, humanitarian workers — who are on the front lines,” our Juliette Touma tells BBC.

UNRWA teams continue to provide essential services in #Gaza, including shelter, healthcare, and waste and sewage management.

#UNRWAworks

3 5

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 5h

#Gaza’s war: 2 years too long.

🔴 Famine confirmed in Gaza governorate
🔴 455 malnutrition-related deaths
🔴 Almost all cropland damaged, inaccessible, or both

The State of Israel has banned UNRWA from bringing in aid for over 7 months.

UNRWA response: www.unrwa.org/resources/fa...

#UNRWAworks

1 9 13

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 7h

🔹According to OCHA estimates, over 200,000 people are estimated to remain in Gaza City, amid ongoing bombardment, deteriorating access to means of survival & a growing number of aid organizations forced to suspend operations.

Our latest report on #Gaza & the #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...

1 6 7

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 8h

Two years too long, amid a brutal war.

Our UNRWA teams in #Gaza have been working non-stop in high-risk conditions, delivering lifesaving services.

Watch our exclusive footage through the eyes of the humanitarian frontline workers.

#CeasefireNow

2 12 26

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 20h

“We really hope that finally there will be an agreement: all hostages must be released and the guns must fall silent everywhere,” our Juliette Touma tells BBC.

It is time — and it is long overdue.

#CeasefireNow #Gaza

6 16

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 22h

“We need to be able to reach people in safety and in dignity, and that's what we were able to do during the ceasefire,” says UNRWA Sam Rose.

With its unique footprint in #Gaza, UNRWA must be part and parcel of the agreement being discussed.

#CeasefireNow

9 19

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 1d

“This is two years on to the horrific morning of the 7th of October: all the grief and all the loss and pain on the Israeli side.

Meanwhile in #Gaza hunger is deepening, grief and loss are spreading, displacement continues” says our Juliette Touma to BBC.

1 6 14

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 1d

“Grief, suffering, deep & immense pain: the reality for far too many people since 7 October 2023.
And in #Gaza for two long years, people have known nothing but destruction, displacement, bombardment, fear, death & hunger."

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

1 11 18

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 1d

Two years of war in #Gaza. Two years too long.

It’s time for a #CeasefireNow.

Time to release all the hostages in Gaza and Palestinian detainees.

Time to lift the siege and allow a standard flow of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies under the coordination of the UN including UNRWA.

2 30 57

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 1d

#Gaza’s war: 2 years too long.

🔴 Over 66,100 people reported killed
🔴 Nearly all of Gaza’s residents have been displaced
🔴 Nearly 80 per cent of structures damaged or destroyed

UNRWA continues to provide critical services.

Read UNRWA response here: www.unrwa.org/resources/fa...

#UNRWAworks

1 18 23

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

#Gaza is home to 1 million children yet no place is safe.

Since the war began, UNRWA provided over half a million children with psychosocial support: they are traumatized and have witnessed what no child should witness.

#CeasefireNow for children
They are children, children.

19 25

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

“There is no Plan B to a full ceasefire. There is no Plan B to the release and safe return of hostages,” our Tamara Alrifai tells @cnn.com.

Nearly 2 million people are enduring catastrophic conditions. The siege must be lifted for aid to reach them at the scale needed.

#CeasefireNow

1 4 13

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

#Gaza: 2 years too long.

UNRWA’s photographers document the suffering of the people in #Gaza, and the work our dedicated teams continue to do.

International journalists are banned to enter Gaza and independently report.

See Gaza through their eyes.

#UNRWAworks

1 22 33

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

Throughout the war in #Gaza, UNRWA teams have stayed and continued to deliver essential services.

👉Learn about the assistance provided by UNRWA since October 2023: www.unrwa.org/resources/fa...

#UNRWAworks

2 6 20

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

"A response that excludes UNRWA, from delivering and distributing will be a much weaker and much less effective response," our Sam Rose tells BBC.

We have food, blankets, and other supplies stuck outside #Gaza, waiting to get in.

Let UNRWA do its work.

15 24

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

Rateb, 10, from #Gaza lost his leg and family in an airstrike.

He made a makeshift leg from plastic drainage pipes. His only dream now is to get a prosthetic so he can run like other children and play football again.

Children continue to pay the highest price for this war.

1 16 17

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

#Gaza’s war: 2 years too long.

🔴 Over 40% of families live near uncollected waste

🔴 Over 60% of households lack access to soap

UNRWA continues to deliver water, hygiene kits, and collect waste.

Read UNRWA response here: www.unrwa.org/sites/defaul...

#UNRWAworks

8 14

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 3d

#Gaza’s war: 2 years too long.
🔴 Over 66,100 people reported killed
🔴 Nearly all of Gaza’s residents have been displaced
🔴 Nearly 80 per cent of structures damaged or destroyed

UNRWA is continuing to provide critical services.

Read UNRWA response here: www.unrwa.org/resources/fa...

#UNRWAworks

2 17 20

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 3d

"Teachers are the backbone of society. They carry the greatest responsibility — nurturing children in every way: educational, moral, and social,” says Amina, an UNRWA teacher in Yarmouk Camp, Syria.

This #WorldTeachersDay, we celebrate teachers who shape children’s futures every day.

#UNRWAworks

5 15

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 3d

For two years too long, people in #Gaza have been going through forced displacement.

No place is safe in Gaza.

#CeasefireNow

22 39

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 3d

On #WorldTeachersDay, we celebrate UNRWA teachers, instructors, and professors for their dedication to educating over 2.5 million #Palestine Refugee students and helping them pursue brighter futures.

#UNRWAworks

10 21

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 3d

UNRWA remains one of the largest providers of emergency learning and psychosocial support across #Gaza.

With 236 school counsellors, the Agency has conducted over 328,000 psychosocial support sessions for 730,000 displaced persons.

Children cannot heal under siege.

#CeasefireNow

11 26

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 4d

A welcome and rare momentum to reach a permanent #ceasefire in #Gaza and pave the way for a long term solution to end the decades-long conflict.

— UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini

www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

3 15

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 4d

UNRWA remains one of the largest providers of emergency learning and psychosocial support across #Gaza.

With 236 school counsellors, the Agency has conducted over 328,000 psychosocial support sessions for 730,000 displaced persons.

Children cannot heal under siege.

#CeasefireNow

8 24