Philippe Lazzarini
@UNLazzarini
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UNRWA lifesaving assistance is about to end following countries decisions to cut their funding to the Agency. Our humanitarian operation, on which 2 million people depend as a lifeline in Gaza, is collapsing. I am shocked such decisions are taken based on alleged behavior of a.
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In my 35 years of work in complex emergencies, I never have expected to write such a letter, predicting the killing of my staff & the collapse of the mandate I am expected to fulfill #Gaza
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This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem. This took place while UNRWA and other UN Agencies’ staff were on the compound. While there were no casualties among our staff, the fire caused extensive damage
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Staggering. The number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in #Gaza is higher than the number of children killed in 4 years of wars around the world combined. This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future. #ceasefireNow for the
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The vote by the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) against @UNRWA this evening is unprecedented and sets a dangerous precedent. It opposes the UN Charter and violates the State of Israel’s obligations under international law. This is the latest in the ongoing campaign to discredit.
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On the day new data is out on famine in #GAZA, the Israeli Authorities deny my entry to Gaza. -Famine is imminent in the northern Gaza Strip, expected to arrive between now and May. - Two million people= the entire population of Gaza is facing crisis levels of food insecurity.
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📍# Gaza: as of today, @UNRWA, the main lifeline for #Palestine Refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza. Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any @UNRWA food
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#Gaza .Heavy shooting from the Israeli Forces at a UN convoy heading to Gaza city. While there are no casualties, our teams had to duck and take cover. This took place yesterday. The teams were traveling in clearly marked UN armoured cars & wearing UN vests. One vehicle.
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Today’s attack on one of the very few remaining @UNRWA distribution centres in the #GazaStrip comes as food supplies are running out, hunger is widespread and, in some areas, turning into famine. Every day, we share the coordinates of all our facilities across the Gaza Strip
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Everything has been said already. No words are left that can do any justice to the people of #Gaza. They are people, like you and I. They used to have dreams, they were part of a vibrant and diverse community…. Now, it’s only broken lives and broken futures.
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- UNRWA did not know what is under its headquarters in Gaza. - UNRWA is made aware of reports through the media regarding a tunnel under the UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza. - UNRWA staff left its headquarters in Gaza City on 12 October following the Israeli evacuation orders and as.
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Once again, unchecked information is used to discredit @UNRWA & its staff. Earlier today, reports circulated on social & Israeli media that an UNRWA staff member was killed together with the Hamas head in Gaza. I confirm that the staff member in question is alive. He.
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#Gaza: an entire population depends on humanitarian assistance for survival. Very little comes in & restrictions increase. A truck loaded with aid has just been turned back because it had scissors used in children’s medical kits. Medical scissors are now added to a long list of
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No words can do justice to the horrors that people in #Gaza are living in since the war began six months ago. The lives of 2 million people were turned upside down, often overnight. Many lost the most precious: their loved ones. Everything is in short supply except for
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A sea of people forced to flee Khan Younis, ending up at the border with Egypt. A never ending search for safety that #Gaza is no longer able to give.
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Since last month, the situation has deteriorated to the extend that starvation is now looming (according to WFP).
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Receiving horrifying images & footage of scores of people killed and injured in another @UNRWA school sheltering thousands of displaced in the north of the Gaza Strip. These attacks cannot become commonplace, they must stop. A humanitarian ceasefire cannot wait any longer.
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Devastated. Over 100 @UNRWA colleagues confirmed killed in 1 month. Parents, teachers, nurses, doctors, support staff. @UNRWA is mourning, Palestinians mourning, Israelis mourning. Ending this tragedy needs #Humanitarianceasefire now.
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All our food convoys have been denied access to North #Gaza this week. With unimpeded access this man made starvation can still be averted.
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Our entire operation is now on the verge of collapse. By the end of today, around 70 % of the population in #Gaza won’t have access to clean water. To have fuel for trucks only will not save lives anymore. Waiting longer will cost lives.
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Ireland is a longstanding & principled partner of #PalestineRefugees & @UNRWA. I am deeply grateful for the exemplary role of 🇮🇪 & for the announcement today of 20 millions euros. I hope other countries will follow suit. There is no replacement for @UNRWA’s role in the absence.
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It is a standard for international journalists to cover conflicts & wars. Not in #Gaza. For nearly 11 months now, international media crews have been banned from freely entering + reporting on the humanitarian crisis + impact of the war. Palestinian journalists have my.
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#Gaza .- United Nations staff killed at unprecedented levels. - UN premises damaged, destroyed, targeted or used for military purposes almost on a daily basis. - Humanitarian convoys attacked, looted or denied access. No one is being held accountable. It is time for
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With #Finland decision today to resume funding to @UNRWA, all Nordic countries are now supporting the Agency & its lifeline activities for #Palestine Refugees in #Gaza & across the region. 🇩🇰🇫🇮 🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪 thank you for standing by UNRWA at this extremely critical time. @DanishMFA.
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Another day of horror in #Gaza .Another school hit with reports of dozens of Palestinian killed among them women, children and older people. Schools, UN facilities and civilian infrastructure are #NOTaTarget . 🛑Parties to the conflict must not use schools & other civilian.
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Once again, nearly half of the population of Rafah or 800,000 people are on the road, having been forced to flee since the Israeli Forces started the military operation in the area on 6 May. In response to evacuation orders demanding people to flee to so-called safe zones,.
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Humanity at its worst. Back in April, @UNRWA drew the attention about inhumane practices in Israeli detention centers. Our colleagues from .@UNHumanRights elaborated these practices in in their recent report. Now @btselem, an Israeli NGO, provides additional harrowing accounts.
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With meaningful, unhindered & unconditional humanitarian assistance + commercial flow, the looming famine can still be reversed & prevented.
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February registered a 50% reduction of humanitarian aid entering #Gaza compared to January. Aid was supposed to increase not decrease to address the huge needs of 2 million Palestinians in desperate living conditions. Among the obstacles: lack of political will, regular closing.
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Scenes of forced displacement are constant and repeated now also in #Gaza middle areas. Lives turned upside down overnight. Civilians are constantly on the move with no safe place. The only remaining hope is a #humanitarian-ceasefire.
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Devastated by the killing of 7 humanitarian workers in #Gaza when their convoy was reportedly hit by the Israeli Forces. The @WCK provides much needed food assistance to a starving population. Humanitarian workers are #NotATarget . My deepest condolences to @WCK & families of.
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🛑 #Gaza babies are freezing to death due to cold weather & lack of shelter. Meanwhile, blankets, mattresses & other winter supplies have been stuck in the region for months waiting for approval to get into Gaza. #CeasefireNow + .An immediate flow of much needed basic.
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Another arson attempt by Israeli children and young people on @UNRWA in #Jerusalem last night . This has got to stop. (Video below from Israeli media channels)
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Gaza has recorded the highest number of journalists killed in a conflict. Others have been injured like our colleague, photo journalist Abdallah who lost his 2 legs in a bombardment. Without, the courage & the determination of Palestinian journalists we wouldn’t know &.
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The scenes coming out of #Rafah last night are harrowing. Reports of more casualties continue to come in following an Israeli airstrike on a heavily populated area northwest of Rafah. Children and women living in tented plastic makeshift shelters are among the killed. Many were.
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#Gaza.4 schools hit in the last 4 days. Since the war began, two thirds of @UNRWA schools in Gaza have been hit, some were bombed out, many severely damaged. Schools have gone from safe places of #education & hope for children to overcrowded shelters and often ending up a.
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The decision of the @EU_Commission to imminently release a EUR 50 million comes at a critical time. This is from a total EUR 82 million of aid to be implemented through @UNRWA in 2024. It will support the Agency’s efforts to maintain lifesaving and essential services for.
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Northern #Gaza: no end to hell. At least 400,000 people are trapped in the area. Recent evacuation orders from the Israeli Authorities are forcing people to flee again & again, especially from Jabalia Camp. Many are refusing because they know too well that no place anywhere.
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People in Gaza haven’t experienced hunger until this war. Now it is widespread & WFP warns about a looming famine. That would be nothing less than a man made famine & a stain in our common humanity. We cannot let it happen.
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🛑 Following the adoption of bills by the Knesset against @UNRWA aimed at preventing it to operate in the occupied Palestinian Territory, I wrote to the President of the General Assembly. These bills will not terminate the refugee status of the Palestinians, which exists
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#Gaza: The delivery of much needed aid continues to be limited in quantities & riddled with logistical hurdles. Food, water, fuel & all humanitarian aid must never be used as a weapon of war, politicized or diverted. Full statement👇.
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What’s it like to be a girl or a woman in #Gaza following 10 months of war. Here’s a glimpse but there’s much more: . * Women & girls can often spend months without taking a shower, going through several menstrual cycles without washing up. * They have to cut their hair very
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Shooting & other attacks on aid workers + convoys hinder lifesaving operation in #Gaza. @UNRWA coordinates all its movements with the Israeli Authorities #NotATarget.
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#Gaza, although we send notifications about all aid convoys and we coordinate all our movements, aid convoys continue to come under fire. Civilians & aid to civilians must be protected at all times.
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Siege, hunger & diseases will soon become the main killer in #Gaza. This fabricated + catastrophic level of hunger can still be reversed by flooding Gaza with food & life saving assistance. More than ever Humanity requires political will.
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Until recently #Gaza was a vibrant city. It has since been made uninhabitable w/endless destruction & desolation.
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In Rafah southern #Gaza, there are 1.4 million people - tens of kilometres of people living in the streets in plastic makeshift shelters. A military offensive in the middle of these completely exposed, vulnerable people is a recipe for disaster. I am almost becoming wordless.
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How many more times must we remind that:.- There is no safe place in #Gaza. - Diseases are rampant. - Famine is looming. - Water is at a trickle. - Food production has come to a halt. - Hospitals have turned into battlefields. - One million children face daily traumas. I join.
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75 years ago today, the Geneva Conventions were put in place to protect civilians in times of wars. They are the universal “Rules of War” meant to limit the devastating impact of wars & conflicts on humanity. The one set of rules we “all agree on”, but do we? . In the past 10.
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Harrowing accounts of inhumane treatment in Israeli detention centres. Among those detained are @UNRWA staff. This report matches the shocking testimonies of those we met after their release earlier this year. They told us of ill-treatment & torture including deprivation of.
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Eleven months…. Enough!. No one can take this any longer. Humanity must prevail. #CeasefireNOW . #Gaza.
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Events are moving fast in #Syria. Over more than a decade of crisis, @UNRWA has continued to deliver its essential services there for hundreds of thousands of #PalestineRefugees. We have a network of 24 different primary healthcare clinics providing over a million patient
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Back in #Gaza, endless deepening tragedy. People are everywhere, live in the street, need everything. They plead for safety & for an end to this hell on earth. Our colleagues are asked to do the impossible in what is an impossible situation.
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Currently, only 14 per cent of areas in #Gaza are not under the “evacuation orders”. Every other day, the Israeli Authorities issue these orders forcing people to flee, creating havoc + panic. Quite often, people have just a few hours to pack whatever they can & start all over
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I have just returned from my second visit to the #GazaStrip since the war began. I bear witness to the unspeakable suffering of people. As we all anticipate the beginning of the much-awaited pause, I reiterate my call for a long-standing humanitarian ceasefire.
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#Gaza on two separate incidents the Israeli Forces opened fire on an @UNRWA school in Khan Younis (southwest). As a result, two @UNRWA colleagues on duty were shot, one was killed. Despite multiple attempts, we couldn't retrieve his body. Humanitarian workers #NotATarget, they.
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They say Lebanon is “a piece from the sky”- I am back in beirut!
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The ongoing & endless exodus of the Palestinian people. From Yarmouk in Syria to Khan Younis in #Gaza this week. 👇.Over the decades, Palestinian civilians have been caught up in wars and conflicts, far too many times. Just in the past few days, more than 75,000 people have
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