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The UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees compound in Gaza (Photo: UNRWA)

Gaza Abyss: supporting UNRWA is humanitarian imperative

Devastating human loss, mass displacement, chaos, fear. Gaza had suffered many crises, but this one is unprecedented.

Two million people are on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, with hundreds of thousands sheltering in schools and other buildings that belong to UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees. As I write, we are running out of food, drinking water, mattresses, blankets and hygiene items.

UNRWA is the United Nations agency mandated by the international community...

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Marta Lorenzo is the director of the UNRWA (United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine) Representative Office for Europe.

The UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees compound in Gaza (Photo: UNRWA)

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Marta Lorenzo is the director of the UNRWA (United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine) Representative Office for Europe.

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