![Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) arrives to speak baut the topic of "Relevance and challenges for work in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem," at House of the Federal Press Conference June 24, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. [Carsten Koall/Getty Images]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2221157243.jpg)
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing death by bombing or starvation as Israel’s destructive war continues unabated across the enclave, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Wednesday, Anadolu agency reported. “Nearly 700 days on, people continue to be killed and injured as the Israeli military intensifies and expands its operations,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on the US social media company X. “Hospitals, schools, shelters, and people’s homes have been bombed day in, day out.” The UNRWA chief said health staff, journalists, and humanitarian workers have been killed “at a scale never seen in any other conflict in recent history.” “No place is safe in Gaza. No one is safe.” Lazzarini […]
