Editor
Almost half a million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip over the course of this week. More than half have taken refuge in shelters run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), its head, Philippe Lazzarini,
So what is the special UN agency for Palestinians?
Why was the UNRWA created?
The UNRWA was founded in 1949, shortly after the start of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It became operational in May 1950.
The UN…
