Amman, Feb 2 (Petra) — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) vowed on Sunday to continue providing services across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, defying Israel’s ban.

The refugee agency still offers services to Palestinians and that its crews in health, shelters and distribution centers are still working and providing basic and primary services to residents of the Strip, UNRWA Media Officer Enas Hamdan said in comments on the agency’s website.

She called the Knesset’s (Israel’s parliament) decision “unprecedented and dangerous” as it casts a shadow over the humanitarian and necessary operations, “particularly during this period in which we provide all assistance to the Palestinians.”

Sixty percent of food aid that entered Gaza after the ceasefire was through UNRWA and was distributed by the agency’s crews, in addition to psychological support services to about half a million Gazans, and thus it would be dangerous if these services were curtailed or stopped, Hamdan warned.

Hamdan stressed the key role of UNRWA, especially now, adding that work in Gaza is ongoing and that it is committed to staying and providing services to the population of the war-torn strip.

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02/02/2025 16:02:44