UNRWA chief: Denial of famine in Gaza is part of deliberate disinformation campaign

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Thursday that Gaza has become a battleground of a fierce and rampant information war. Lazzarini stressed that, “Dis-information continues to be used as a tool to distract from the atrocities in the war-torn enclave On the UNRWA official site, Lazzarini explained that “UNRWA was the first to be targeted, followed by other UN agencies, media outlets, and health institutions”. He noted that the latest example was the denial of famine in Gaza and the disregard of the findings of the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry, which concluded this week that Israel committed genocide against Palestinians.  According to Lazzarini, such denial aims […]