The head of the U.N. agency responsible for humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is having trouble raising funds from Arab states, and only has enough to last through May, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Philippe Lazzarini, chief of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East , raised a total of $85 million from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates for this year, the Journal reported. It is far short of the funding lost when the U.S. and other Western countries cut off aid following allegations at least a dozen UNRWA employees took part in Iranian-backed Hamas' terrorist attack Oct. 7 in southern Israel. Last year, the U.S.
Lazzarini said if the agency can't scrape up more cash for beyond May, it will be forced to scale back its humanitarian activities in Gaza, where Israel is waging war to eliminate Hamas and rescue the remaining hostages taken during the terrorist attack. The Journal reported UNRWA's activities include feeding and sheltering more than a million people, and that other U.N. agencies and charity groups rely heavily on UNRWA.
UNRWA began operating in 1950 to give emergency aid to refugees from the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that led to the establishment of the Jewish state. It has since grown to run primary and secondary schools and health care centers. UNRWA relies mainly on voluntary donations and not on money from the U.N. general budget, and the Journal reported its annual expenses at $1.
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