Months of warnings have fallen on deaf ears and famine is now a reality in Gaza, the chief of UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday, as a UN body of food security experts confirmed extreme scarcity of food in the enclave.

A former UNRWA insider says Hamas influenced hiring in Gaza and that UN officials suppressed probes into possible terrorist ties. A whistleblower has accused the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) of misconduct in its Gaza Strip operations,

Philippe Lazzarini will step down as head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) at the end of his term in March, he announced on Thursday.

The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis, with no agency aid allowed in for more than five months and malnutrition deaths climbing sharply.

Israeli defense body says UNRWA misrepresents facts on Gaza heat, water access, and is sidelined due to its links with Hamas.

Citing the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, UNRWA noted that in the past five months of the war, since Israel unilaterally shattered a ceasefire deal and resumed attacks, “an average of over 540 children have been killed every month, per reports”.

UNRWA must be held accountable for teaching hate, encouraging hate, fostering hate and praising those who commit maiming and murder,” Richard Heideman, an attorney for the plaintiffs, told JNS.

The FM also leveled broader accusations against the UN, claiming it has “betrayed its founding principles” and has devolved into a “corrupt, anti-Israeli, and anti-Semitic institution”

Severely malnourished children in the Gaza Strip will be "certainly condemned to death" unless aid gets to them quickly, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini warned Thursday. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said hunger was particularly acute ...