30 April 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
Circulating unsubstantiated claims to undermine UNRWA: a lifeline for 2 million people is ongoing.
Such claims are threatening the lives and wellbeing of UNRWA staff across the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
Dehumanising and polarising statements further deepen people’s suffering. They divert attention from the humanitarian crisis and the immense needs of people impacted by over 1.5 year of a systematic destruction of life.
This is propaganda.
It aims at intimidating and fostering a hostile atmosphere to silence voices showing the ugliness of this brutal war.
Words and statements are a responsibility.
Those using dis-information as a weapon of war must be held accountable.
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Armed conflict, Gaza Strip, UNRWA
Publication Date: 30/04/2025
URL source: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-war-narratives-continue