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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)
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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.

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Syrian Police Impose Curfew in Homs after Unrest

Syrian children play on a damaged tank in Homs, on December 20, 2024. (AFP)
Syrian children play on a damaged tank in Homs, on December 20, 2024. (AFP)
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Syrian Police Impose Curfew in Homs after Unrest

Syrian children play on a damaged tank in Homs, on December 20, 2024. (AFP)
Syrian children play on a damaged tank in Homs, on December 20, 2024. (AFP)

Syrian police have imposed an overnight curfew in the city of Homs, state media reported, after unrest there linked to demonstrations that residents said were led by members of the minority Alawite and Shiite communities.

Reuters could not immediately confirm the demands of the demonstrators nor the degree of disturbance that took place.

Some residents said the demonstrations were linked to pressure and violence in recent days aimed at members of the Alawite minority, a sect long seen as loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad, who was toppled by opposition fighters on Dec. 8.

Spokespeople for Syria’s new ruling administration led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, a former al-Qaeda affiliate, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the curfew.

State media said the curfew was being imposed for one night, from 6pm (1500 GMT) local time until 8am on Thursday morning.

The country's new leaders have repeatedly vowed to protect minority religious groups.

Small demonstrations also took place in other areas on or near Syria’s coast, where most of the country’s Alawite minority live, including in the city of Tartous.

The demonstrations took place around the time an undated video was circulated on social networks showing a fire inside an Alawite shrine in the city of Aleppo, with armed men walking around inside and posing near human bodies.

The interior ministry said on its official Telegram account that the video dated back to the opposition offensive on Aleppo in late November and the violence was carried out by unknown groups, adding that whoever was circulating the video now appeared to be seeking to incite sectarian strife.

The ministry also said that some members of the former regime had attacked interior ministry forces in Syria’s coastal area on Wednesday, leaving a number of dead and wounded.