The agreement to finally secure a ceasefire in #Gaza & release the hostages is a huge relief.
It will bring respite to people who survived the worst bombardment, displacement, loss and grief for two long years.
After their excruciating ordeal, hostages & Palestinian detainees will finally join their families.
@UNRWA has food, medicines + other basic supplies ready to go to Gaza.
We have enough to provide food for the entire population for the coming three months.
Our teams in #Gaza are crucial for the implementation of this agreement including to provide basic services like healthcare + education.
There are over 660,000 children who are eagerly waiting to go back to school.
UNRWA teachers stand ready to help them fulfill that.
I call on all member states to support UNRWA to do its work to assist people in need in the coming critical period.
UNRWA
For two years too long, humanitarian workers have been killed in #Gaza.
UNRWA mourns 562 aid workers killed in #Gaza since 7 October 2023, among them 370 from UNRWA.
They were killed while at home with their families.
They were killed while on duty.
They were civilians and should have been protected according to the laws of war.
UNRWA
Children belong in school, not in the rubble.
In #Gaza, around 90% of UNRWA schools were hit or damaged, many while sheltering displaced families.
Nearly 660,000 children are forced out of school for the third year in a row. Half of them used to go to UNRWA schools.
UNRWA
"It would take UNRWA just about 3 hours to get trucks to the borders and then get much needed supplies directly to desperate people in #Gaza” our Juliette Touma tells NPR https://x.com/i/status/1975926687805166015
For over 7 months now, the Israeli Authorities have blocked UNRWA from bringing any supplies in.
Our services in Gaza have meanwhile continued thanks to 12,000 UNRWA workers who have not stopped for a day since the war began two years ago.
The siege must be lifted, and the crossings must open.
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