The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the primary aid organization in Gaza, is facing imminent collapse amid growing Israeli restrictions on aid entering the region, led by Netanyahu's administration. This development comes as Gaza confronts a looming famine, with 2.2 million Palestinians at risk of food insecurity and facing a globally unacceptable famine risk. The situation has been exacerbated by Israel's opposition to UNRWA's aid operations, including a recent bombing of an NGO that had been permitted to deliver supplies. US and Israeli officials, having played a role in undermining UNRWA, now see the potential absence of humanitarian partners on the ground. This crisis highlights the dire humanitarian conditions faced by Gazan civilians and the complex geopolitical dynamics affecting aid delivery.
Since the outbreak of the Israeli-Gaza conflict, the United Nations agency representing Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has provided aid to Gazan civilians facing dire humanitarian conditions. But the agency's future is now in jeopardy. Read more: https://t.co/82DzqrgmVr
According to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the largest aid organization on the ground, Israeli restrictions on aid entering Gaza have been growing. @JoshRogin has the latest: https://t.co/jTicw5qSoo
Israel doesn't want UNRWA to provide aid in Gaza. It bombed the NGO it had allowed and encouraged to deliver supplies. And for months Netanyahu has refused to order the army to do the job directly. So who's left? https://t.co/OHvJbisSw4
Without UNRWA, and now these three U.S. NGOs, Israel could soon be left with no humanitarian partners on the ground in Gaza, and 2.2 million Palestinians facing undeniable food insecurity and globally unacceptable famine risk | Opinion | @Dave_Harden https://t.co/ZQ0dkPASyT
UNRWA is now on the verge of collapse. As famine looms in Gaza, US and Israeli officials will likely regret their role in destroying the agency, writes @connor_echols https://t.co/d46j1YfkcJ