UNRWA will ‘come to a halt’ in March, warns agency director in Lebanon

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English - February 06, 2024 17:53 - 8 minutes - 11.3 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
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The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNWRA) serves almost six million Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

UN News’s Khaled Mohamed spoke with Dorothee Klaus, who’s the top official for the agency in Lebanon, which is home to around 250,000 Palestinians.

Explaining the dire, immediate impact of funding cuts and the current suspension of aid by many key donors, she said UNRWA operations could ‘come to a halt’ in March.