20 July 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
“I’ve been searching for something to feed my children but there is nothing”.
Daily SOS messages are coming in from our starving UNRWA colleagues, every day.
How can one respond to such messages of despair? Shames me and doubles the sense of helplessness.
All man made, in total impunity.
Food is available only a few kilometers away.
UNRWA alone has enough stock available outside of Gaza for the entire population for the next three months. We have not been allowed to bring any aid in since 2 March.
Political will is needed.
Inaction is complicity and makes us lose our humanity.
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, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 20/07/2025
URL source: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-inaction-complicity-and-makes-us-lose
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 20/07/2025
URL source: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-inaction-complicity-and-makes-us-lose