From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account.
Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 2023. Almost a quarter of the victims were children.
Rising violence by Israeli settlers and armed forces is accompanied and fueled by impunity.
Meanwhile, de facto annexation continues to accelerate as settlements expand.
The International Court of Justice has ruled that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is illegal and must cease.
International law applies to everyone, everywhere. There can be no exceptions.
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UNRWA is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The United Nations General Assembly established UNRWA in 1949 with a mandate to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestine Refugees in the Agency's area of operations pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.
UNRWA operates in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians lost their homes and livelihoods due to the 1948 War. Amid a failure to find a just and lasting solution to the plight of that generation of Palestine Refugees and subsequent ones, millions continue to be displaced and in need of support, over 75 years on.
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