UNRWA Compensates Owners of Partially Damaged Houses in Gaza

Palestinians in front of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in November (AFP)
Palestinians in front of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in November (AFP)
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UNRWA Compensates Owners of Partially Damaged Houses in Gaza

Palestinians in front of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in November (AFP)
Palestinians in front of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in November (AFP)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has started a wide-scope compensation for the owners of partially damaged houses during the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip last May.

A spokesman for the UNRWA Adnan Abu Hasna stated that the Agency opened social services offices throughout the Gaza Strip to hand out the compensations.

Around 2,200 refugees headed to the offices to complete the procedures. Hasna said that the benefits will be delivered via banks during the upcoming days,

Israel carried out an 11-day aggression on Gaza and it ended by declaring a ceasefire on May 21.

The aggression caused severe destruction to 1,335 residential institutions, and moderate destruction to around 12,886 houses, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza.

UNRWA launched this operation in coordination with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MoPWH) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) as well as other UN organizations.

The compensation of UNRWA is part of a wider plan to reconstruct Gaza.

In the same context, Egypt announced a financial grant of $500 million to construct three housing complexes in the Gaza Strip: The American School in northern Gaza, the veterans’ area in Karama, and Al-Zahraa in the middle.



MSF Suspends Activities at Famine-stricken Camp in North Darfur

Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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MSF Suspends Activities at Famine-stricken Camp in North Darfur

Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Displaced Sudanese, who fled the Zamzam camp, gather near the town of Tawila in North Darfur on February 14, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Medical charity MSF said on Monday that it has been forced to suspend its activities in the famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan's North Darfur due to escalating attacks and fighting in and around it.
"Despite widespread starvation and immense humanitarian needs, we have no choice but to take the decision to suspend all our activities in the camp, including the MSF field hospital," MSF said in a statement sent to journalists.
MSF teams have this month treated 139 patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds in its field hospital, it said, amid clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

Sudan was plunged into chaos in April last year when simmering tensions between the military and the RSF exploded into open warfare across the country.