The main United Nations relief agency operating in Gaza warned on Wednesday that its “entire operation is now on the verge of collapse.”
The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA), Philippe Lazzarini, warned “by the end of today, around 70% of the population in Gaza won’t have access to clean water,” in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
UNRWA is sheltering some 780,000 people in more than 150 overcrowded facilities even as basic services have crumbled. Yesterday, the agency said a total of 102 aid workers with UNRWA had been killed and 27 others wounded in Gaza since Israel’s war with Hamas began.