Devastating human loss, mass displacement, chaos, fear. Gaza had suffered many crises, but this one is unprecedented.
Two million people are on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, with hundreds of thousands sheltering in schools and other buildings that belong to UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees. As I write, we are running out of food, drinking water, mattresses, blankets and hygiene items.
UNRWA is the United Nations agency mandated by the international community...
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Marta Lorenzo is the director of the UNRWA (United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine) Representative Office for Europe.