The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, warned on Saturday that the occupied West Bank is experiencing its worst humanitarian crisis since 1967, amid escalating “Israeli” aggression against its camps.
Lazzarini said that, one year after the launch of the so-called “Iron Wall” operation, 33,000 Palestinians remain forcibly displaced from refugee camps in the northern West Bank.
“At the same time, Israeli forces continue to demolish large areas of the camps, further undermining the prospects for recovery of these communities,” he said in a post on X.
Lazzarini noted that UNRWA teams are working on the ground to assist newly displaced Palestinian refugees who have been pushed into deeper poverty, with no viable alternatives for accessing healthcare, education, and social services.
He added that UNRWA continues its work, warning that sustaining its operations requires ongoing political and financial support from UN member states.
Since beginning its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Zionist occupation has stepped up measures to annex the West Bank, particularly through demolition, displacement of Palestinians and expansion of settlements, according to Palestinian authorities.
