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January 26, 2026 Refugees and migrants
Attacks on United Nations facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory have reached an "unprecedented" level, said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), commenting on the arson attack on the agency's headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem on social media.
According to Lazzarini, the UNRWA building was "broken and destroyed" by Israeli authorities and then set on fire. He called this another attempt to "downgrade the status of Palestinian refugees and erase their history."
The head of UNRWA stressed that the issue of refugee status must be resolved through a “genuine political process, not criminal actions.”
UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, was established by the UN General Assembly in 1949. Its mandate is to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestine refugees until a just and lasting solution is achieved.
The agency operates in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. More than 75 years after the events of 1948, tens of thousands of Palestinians continue to live in displacement, deprived of permanent housing and livelihoods.
UNRWA provides education and healthcare services to refugees, provides social support, and implements infrastructure projects. The agency's funding depends almost entirely on voluntary contributions from donor governments.
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