25 August 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
Gaza: more journalists killed today.
Silencing the last remaining voices reporting about children dying silently amid famine.
The world’s indifference and inaction is shocking.
Like Hannah Arendt said: “The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”
This cannot be our future new norm.
Compassion must prevail.
Let us undo this manmade famine by:
- opening the gates without restrictions
- protecting journalists, humanitarian and health workers
Time for political will.
Not tomorrow, now
Document Type: Social media post, Statement
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Media/Journalists
Publication Date: 25/08/2025
URL source: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-more-journalists-killed-today
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Casualties, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Media/Journalists
Publication Date: 25/08/2025
URL source: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-more-journalists-killed-today