Why attacking UNRWA is attacking Gaza’s survival
The UN agency is able to provide much-needed services to the entire Strip at scale, but it is prevented from doing so.

The UN agency is able to provide much-needed services to the entire Strip at scale, but it is prevented from doing so.



![A truck carrying humanitarian aid at the Rafah border on the Egyptian side, in Rafah, Egypt on Jan. 29, 2026. The Rafah border crossing is expected to open after Israel recovered the remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza. [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1769801282.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


![Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola wore a keffiyeh and condemned global silence over Palestinian children’s suffering at a concert in Barcelona, Spain. [ACT X PALESTINE/Instagram]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1769780044.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A giant portrait of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed in Gaza in 2024, is unfurled on Barceloneta Beach in the second anniversary of her death and after a film about her death received an Oscar nomination, in Barcelona, Spain on Jan. 29, 2026. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1769779598.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

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Israeli settler attacks across the occupied West Bank are forcing Palestinian communities to flee.
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