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UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini stated that the occupied West Bank is facing its gravest humanitarian crisis since 1967.

Noting that one year has passed since the start of Israel’s “Iron Wall” military operation and that 33,000 people have been forcibly displaced from Palestinian refugee camps in the north, Lazzarini said, “Meanwhile, Israeli forces are demolishing large parts of the camps, reducing these communities’ chances of recovery.”

Lazzarini emphasized that UNRWA teams are providing on-the-ground assistance to newly displaced Palestinian refugees who are being pushed deeper into poverty and lack viable alternatives for health care, education and social assistance, adding, “UNRWA is working. But to continue doing so, we need sustained political and financial support from member states.”