NEW YORK, June 20, 2025 (WAFA) – UNRWA renewed on Friday its commitment to Palestinian refugees until a just solution is found to their plight.
“We, UNRWA, renew our commitment to Palestine Refugees,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini posted on X on the occasion of World Refugee Day.
“We continue providing services and assistance against all odds despite massive adversity especially in Gaza and the West Bank,” he added.
He asserted: “It's our mission. It's our commitment. It's our mandate entrusted to UNRWA by the UN General Assembly.”
The UN Agency drew a stark comparison between the current mass forced displacement in the war-battered Gaza and the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe), when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were ethnically cleansed by Zionist militias during the creation of Israel.
“In 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their towns and villages. 77 years later, Palestinians continue to be forcibly displaced. Since the war in Gaza began, around 1.9 million people have been forced to flee their homes,” it posted on X.
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