Even in times of uncertainty, Gazan children are eager to get back to learning. Children have not been able to sit in classrooms for a 3rd year. Now, desks have been set up in a tent at an UNRWA shelter as a temporary place to learn. Education is a dream and hope for a better future. #UNRWAworks

🔹 UNRWA expanded health, learning & WASH operations in Gaza, reaching over 1,000 patients daily and over 35,000 children through in-person learning. 🔹 In the West Bank, demolition orders threaten a Bedouin refugee community. Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank www.unrwa.org/resources/re...

Nearly all of the #Gaza Strip’s residents have been displaced. Following the start of the ceasefire, many families tried to return to their homes, most to find only rubble. According to the United Nations Satellite Centre, around 81% of all structures in Gaza are damaged.

In the #WestBank, including East Jerusalem, UNRWA is leading the emergency response to the largest displacement crisis since 1967. To support sanitation services, UNRWA has been removing 13 tons of waste daily in communities hosting forcibly displaced people. #UNRWAworks

In #Gaza, nearly 75,000 displaced people are sheltering in over 100 UNRWA buildings — many damaged and overcrowded. UNRWA teams work tirelessly to keep shelters safe and dignified, providing water, sanitation, waste collection, and hygiene support every day. #UNRWAworks

In #Gaza, UNRWA continues to scale up lifesaving support — from health care to education. Nearly 15 million consultations, more than 30,000. students learning in temporary classrooms, and around 1.4 million people supported through water and waste services. #UNRWAworks

“It has saved me time, effort, and money,” says #Palestine Refugee Ra’eda, about the mobile dental clinic now operating at the UNRWA Al-Duleil Health Center, in #Jordan. In #Jordan, UNRWA clinics serve more than 1.1 million people in 25 health facilities. #UNRWAworks

Overcrowded shelters in #Gaza leave little space or privacy. For many displaced women and girls, daily life means coping without dignity, safety, or adequate hygiene. Limited access to healthcare and basic hygiene supplies makes each day a struggle. Every woman deserves protection and care.

UNRWA continues operating health facilities in #Gaza, providing tens of thousands of medical consultations to people every week. Our teams' work includes malnutrition screenings for children under 5 years old. #UNRWAworks

In #Gaza, UNRWA is providing in-person learning for over 25,000 children and online classes aiming to reach 300,000 more. “Literacy and education as an antidote to despair and trauma," says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini #UNRWAworks

There is widespread damage across the #Gaza Strip, unstable structures, and unexploded ordnance. UNRWA runs over 70 shelters for tens of thousands of forcibly displaced people. Our teams work tirelessly to keep shelters running and help children keep learning and playing. #UNRWAworks

With settler violence targeting the annual olive harvest across the #WestBank, October 2025 is on track to be the most violent month since UNRWA began tracking it. “Families should be allowed unhindered access to their lands to harvest their olives in safe conditions” says UNRWA’s Roland Friedrich.

Since the war began, UNRWA has done over 15 million health consultations — 10 million by doctors and 5 million by nurses and health staff. Over 330,000 mental health sessions have supported families and children coping with trauma. In every act of care, #UNRWAworks.

Across the #Gaza Strip, UNRWA teams work tirelessly to help families access the water they need. During the first half of October, UNRWA distributed water to around 250,000 displaced people across the Gaza Strip. Access to water must be safe, sufficient, and within reach. #UNRWAworks

Across the #Gaza Strip, the #WestBank including East Jerusalem, #Jordan, #Lebanon and #Syria, UNRWA keeps supporting #Palestine Refugee women. During #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, UNRWA staff held awareness sessions in shelters and health centres. Early detection saves lives. #UNRWAworks

In #Gaza, UNRWA remains the humanitarian backbone. Displaced families find safety in UNRWA schools, where classrooms have become temporary homes. Our social workers provide protection, psychosocial support, and hope, supporting people to rebuild their lives with dignity. #UNRWAworks

Over 12,000 UNRWA staff in #Gaza teach, provide medical care & bring other vital support to displaced people. Behind every lesson, health consultation, water distribution & waste collection, someone from UNRWA is making it happen. Every day, despite the odds, they prove one thing: #UNRWAworks.

In the occupied #WestBank, 48,000 children go to UNRWA schools. In response to the Israeli Forces “Iron Wall” operation, UNRWA launched an adapted education programme in February 2025 to provide a continuity of learning for its students. #UNRWAworks

UNRWA has reopened one of our medical points in #Gaza City, providing essential care to many families. This is a lifeline for those most in need. UNRWA health teams have now provided over 15 million consultations since October 2023, helping keep care, hope, and dignity within reach. #UNRWAworks

Children attending UNRWA temporary learning spaces in #Gaza express their joy at learning in person and their hope that it will last. UNRWA was recently able to re-open new temporary learning spaces, more than doubling the number of children reached compared to August levels. #UNRWAworks

In the #Gaza Strip, UNRWA teams work every day to keep communities safe and healthy. Removing solid waste, disinfecting water tanks, and leading hygiene awareness sessions across the Strip – vital efforts that help reduce contamination and prevent the spread of disease. #UNRWAworks

Lifesaving UNRWA medicines are waiting at the border, denied entry into #Gaza by the State of Israel. Despite immense challenges, UNRWA has provided over 15 million health consultations since the war began. Every delay costs lives. Let UNRWA aid in.

The scale of destruction in #Gaza is beyond measure. Over 61 million tons of debris now cover the Gaza Strip — homes, schools, and hospitals reduced to rubble. Amid unliveable conditions, people keep moving in search of safety and dignity.

“It’s critical that the international community uses all the tools that it has at its disposal to make sure that Palestinian children get the education that they need,” our Sam Rose tells @aljazeera.com UNRWA has ample capacity to support a return to formal education in #Gaza. #UNRWAworks

🔹 UNRWA is restoring health, education, and WASH services in Gaza City amid widespread explosive risks. 🔹 Settler violence during the 2025 olive harvest in the West Bank has reached record levels since 2013. Our latest report on #Gaza and the #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...

Ana’am is 10 years old and lives in #Gaza.  She loves to study. Around 660,000 students have been out of school for over 2 years because of the war. UNRWA is working to bring thousands of children back to learning. Education is a universal right. #UNRWA works

So far in 2025, UNRWA has done 700,000 medical consultations in the occupied #WestBank including East Jerusalem. These include consultations provided in alternative health facilities & by emergency mobile teams set up in response to the Israeli Forces operation “Iron Wall.” #UNRWAworks

After more than 2 years of war in #Gaza, thousands are suffering from trauma and life-changing injuries. Between 6 and 12 October, UNRWA provided 2,264 physiotherapy and rehabilitation sessions through its health centres and medical points. #UNRWAworks

For children in #Gaza longing to return to their classroom, education remains a dream and a source of hope. While UNRWA is working to open more temporary learning spaces in shelters, some children are forced to learn on stairs, without desks or chairs. Too many schools lie in ruins. #UNRWAworks

#Syria continues to face severe humanitarian challenges. UNRWA stays and delivers vital services to 438,000 #Palestine Refugees, providing them with a lifeline. It is essential that UNRWA remains, providing humanitarian assistance, relief, and recovery support to Palestine Refugees. #UNRWAworks

UNRWA teams in #Gaza work daily to keep water flowing. 💧 In 2025, water, sanitation, and hygiene services have so far reached 1.4 million forcibly displaced people — with our teams distributing clean water, collecting waste, and restoring dignity. UNRWA continues to deliver. #UNRWAworks

Since the Israeli Forces operation “Iron Wall” in the occupied #WestBank started last January, an estimated 700 houses have been destroyed or heavily damaged. Supported by other humanitarian partners, UNRWA distributed aid to displaced people. This violence must stop. #UNRWAworks

UNRWA international staff and our aid continue to be denied entry into #Gaza. Around 12,000 of our staff continue to deliver support and services often under unimaginable conditions. Food, hygiene kits, and other supplies are desperately needed. A #ceasefire alone is not enough. #UNRWAworks

Every day, Mohammed used to come home from school with a new poem. Now, he comes home with bread — and worry. Despite everything, he still believes in the right to dream, to learn. UNRWA is keeping education going in #Gaza through distance learning and temporary schools in shelters. #UNRWAworks

Adnan, a child from #Gaza, dreams of going back to school to learn and to care for his loved ones. For children in Gaza, education is not just about lessons. It’s dignity. It’s freedom. UNRWA provides online classes and learning spaces in shelters to help children keep studying. #UNRWAworks

“The International Court of Justice has said very clearly that what [the Israeli authorities] are currently doing is wrong and is against all obligations that member states are meant to follow” our Jonathan Fowler tells BBC News. UNRWA has to be allowed to do its work, and accountability must come.

As winter approaches in #Gaza, people are increasingly in need of shelter and warmth. Shelter materials and winter supplies for displaced families are sitting in UNRWA warehouses in Jordan and Egypt, blocked from entry. UNRWA humanitarian access must be restored.

“While the [International Court of Justice] opinion itself is non-binding, it says a lot about violations of international law & about the impact of the restriction of humanitarian assistance,” our Tamara Alrifai tells @democracynow.org The State of Israel must let us bring lifesaving aid in #Gaza.

The ban on UNRWA’s aid supplies, including hygiene kits, must be lifted. After two long years of war, people in #Gaza need the most basic items. UNRWA has an unparalleled logistical network and longstanding trust from the community. Our teams are ready, inside and outside Gaza. Let us work.

The International Court of Justice recognised that no organisation can replace UNRWA’s role in supporting the people of #Gaza. UNRWA’s presence remains vital to meeting urgent humanitarian needs across the occupied Palestinian territory.

“For eighty years the United Nations organisation has spared no efforts to forge peace, tackle poverty and hunger, advance human rights and strengthen a rule-based world. Recommitting to these principles matters more than ever amid the catastrophe in #Gaza" — UNRWA Commissioner-General #UNDay #UN80

In #Gaza, “children want routine, children want education, children want structure, so we have to try and work to do that,” our John Whyte tells @rte.ie UNRWA remains the largest provider of emergency education across the Gaza Strip. All children belong in school. #UNRWAworks

Since the start of the war in Gaza, the occupied #WestBank, including East Jerusalem, has also witnessed a sharp escalation in violence. More than 1,000 Palestinians, including children, have been killed, and many more injured or displaced. This must stop. The future of Gaza and West Bank are one.

“The International Court of Justice said there was no substantiation of any claims that UNRWA is in any way infiltrated by Hamas,” our Jonathan Fowler tells @BBCNews. The Court affirmed that Israel must facilitate UNRWA’s work and found nothing to substantiate claims that the Agency is not neutral.

UNRWA Commissioner-General on ICJ: The court stressed that UNRWA is the key humanitarian actor in Gaza with a “unique and sustained connection” to the occupied Palestinian territory. www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

Rahaf, from #Gaza, dreams of becoming a journalist — to share her story and the voices of Gaza children with the world. Amid displacement & uncertainty, her determination to keep learning remains. UNRWA supports children on this path through e-learning and temporary classrooms in Gaza. #UNRWAworks

The International Court of Justice has affirmed that the State of Israel must agree to and facilitate UNRWA’s humanitarian operations in #Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory — not impede them. The Court opinion is clear: UNRWA must be allowed to deliver.

Over 61 million tons of debris now cover #Gaza. Entire neighbourhoods have been erased, and families search the ruins for water, for shelter. UNRWA’s humanitarian aid remains blocked, but our teams continue to deliver lifesaving assistance.

Full statement from UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini on the unambiguous ruling by the International Court of Justice today: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

“We're still dealing with these aggressive impediments that mean that the starving people of #Gaza are not getting the support that they need,” our Sam Rose tells @cnn.com. UNRWA has the supplies outside Gaza and the expertise to deliver aid where it’s needed most. Let UNRWA aid in.