The situation in the West Bank is worsening by the day including in #Palestine refugee camps.

The Israeli Security Forces’ recent operation in the Nour Shams camp caused loss of life + severe damage to people’s homes & public services.

Hundreds of people among them at least

UNRWA premises and staff have been targeted since the beginning of the war.

178 UNRWA personnel have been killed.

More than 160 UNWRA premises, mostly used as shelters, have been damaged or destroyed, killing more than 400 people.

Premises vacated by the Agency have been used

'There are close to a million and a half people that have been displaced, most of them multiple times'

Scott Anderson tells BBC News (UK) of the 'aura of fear' among the displaced population in #Rafah southern 📍 #Gaza , as people are anxious of a large scale military operation.

Today UNRWA and UN Security had a joint security assessment of the accessibility of the Main Supply Route in #Gaza from Rafah and Khan Younis to Deir Al Balah.

@UN Security is working diligently in enabling humanitarian activities in #Gaza - against all odds.

🛑 UNRWA Report: Detention and alleged ill-treatment of detainees from #Gaza

UNRWA documented testimonies of physical, psychological and sexual abuse suffered by over 1,500 detainees in #Gaza after they were released by Israeli authorities.

Full report: unrwa.org/resources/repo…

🔹Since the war began, at least 33,899 Palestinians have been killed in📍 #Gaza Strip ; 451 Palestinians, including at least 112 children, have been killed in the📍 #WestBank

🔹Not enough aid is getting into #Gaza & UNRWA's requests to deliver aid to the north are repeatedly denied

The war in #Gaza continues to be a war on women.

UN Women reports that 10,000 women, including 6,000 mothers, have lost their lives.

The situation is dire for over 1 million displaced women, who struggle to access clean water, food, & basic sanitary supplies.

To avert imminent famine, and further preventable deaths, we need a quantum leap in humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
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Humanitarian agencies, led by UNRWA, must be able to move food & other supplies safely & via all possible routes & crossings, into & throughout Gaza.

Infants & their mothers are paying the highest price in the war in #Gaza

UNRWA continues to deliver critical supplies, but it’s nowhere near enough. Humanitarian aid workers need more access to effectively counter the devastating effects of this war & siege.

Our Philippe Lazzarini briefing to the Security Council read more here 👇 #Gaza

I told the Security Council: Calls for UNRWA’s closure are not about adherence to humanitarian principles.
They are about ending the refugee status of millions of Palestinians.

They seek to change the long-standing political parameters for #peace in the occupied Palestinian