23 March 2025,
It’s been three weeks since the Israeli Authorities banned the entry of supplies to Gaza.
No food, no medicines, no water, no fuel.
A tight siege longer than what was in place in the first phase of the war.
The people of Gaza depend on imports via Israel for their survival.
Every day that passes without the entry of aid means more children go to bed hungry, diseases spread and deprivation deepens.
Every day without food inches Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis.
Banning aid is a collective punishment on Gaza: the vast majority of its population are children, women and ordinary men.
UNRWA demands the following:
The siege must be lifted,
All hostages must be released ,
Humanitarian aid and commercial supplies must be brought in uninterrupted + at scale.
Background Information:
UNRWA is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The United Nations General Assembly established UNRWA in 1949 with a mandate to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestine refugees in the Agency’s area of operations pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.
UNRWA operates in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Tens of thousands of Palestine refugees who lost their homes and livelihoods due to the1948 conflict continue to be displaced and in need of support, nearly 75 years on.
UNRWA helps Palestine Refugees achieve their full potential in human development. It does this through quality services it provides in education, health care, relief and social services, protection, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions.
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