UNRWA

A boy carries a metal tray while walking on clay-like soil in between plastic-sheeted tents

Israel’s allies accelerate genocide by freezing UNRWA funds

Maureen Clare Murphy 28 January 2024

US leads countries in punishing largest provider of aid in Gaza over confessions likely extracted under torture. Read more about Israel’s allies accelerate genocide by freezing UNRWA funds

A kneeling man cradles and puts his head next to the face of a small child in a body bag as other men kneel and stand around him

Israeli fire kills Palestinians waiting for food aid and at UN shelter

Maureen Clare Murphy 25 January 2024

“World will bear witness to untold thousands of preventable deaths” if hospitals collapse in Gaza’s south, Red Cross warns. Read more about Israeli fire kills Palestinians waiting for food aid and at UN shelter

An older woman carries a small purse as she walks on sandy road with two young children carrying blankets close behind her and other people carrying their belongings traveling by foot, donkey cart and car at a distance behind her

Israel besieges hospitals as it widens offensive in Khan Younis

Maureen Clare Murphy 24 January 2024

More than 20 soldiers killed while planting explosives to establish “buffer zone.” Read more about Israel besieges hospitals as it widens offensive in Khan Younis

A number of men gather around a structure with the words Rafah Crossing Point written on it

Is Egypt demanding huge bribes from people leaving Gaza?

15 January 2024

Brokers accused of exploiting victims. Read more about Is Egypt demanding huge bribes from people leaving Gaza?

Smoke from Israeli attacks rise over Gaza

Smoke, shrapnel and screams

Donya Ahmad Abu Sitta 5 January 2024

I’ve survived four Israeli attacks at home and at so-called safe shelters. Read more about Smoke, shrapnel and screams

At night, a close-up of an outdoor fire and a meal being prepared by hand

Starving as food prices soar

Walaa Sabah 3 January 2024

Groups of hungry, or starving, individuals have broken into UNRWA warehouses in Gaza, taking flour and other supplies. Read more about Starving as food prices soar

One girl kneels and one girl stands in Gaza's rubble

Let Gaza's children laugh again

Eman Alhaj Ali 30 December 2023

Israel is denying the right to education. Read more about Let Gaza's children laugh again

One patient lies on the floor and another lies on a stretcher at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza

Horrors in a hospital

29 December 2023

A doctor describes the intolerable conditions at Nasser Medical Complex, southern Gaza. Read more about Horrors in a hospital

Health workers carry an injured patient on a stretcher beside an ambulance

Israel detains nurse after killing his children

Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman 27 December 2023

My cousin Shaima has no details on her husband’s whereabouts. Read more about Israel detains nurse after killing his children

A child beside a makeshift tent at a Gaza school now serving as a shelter for displaced people

No room at the inn

Amjad Ayman Yaghi 24 December 2023

With schools full, many displaced people in Gaza have to make their own tents. Read more about No room at the inn