AFP: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday pleaded for donors to fund the embattled UN agency for Palestinian refugees, warning there was no alternative despite Israeli criticism of the body.
At a pledging conference, Guterres warned that suffering Palestinians would lose a “critical lifeline” without the agency known as UNRWA. “Let me be clear — there is no alternative to UNRWA,” he said.
“Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse in Gaza — somehow, appallingly, civilians are being pushed into ever deeper circles of hell.” Philippe Lazzarini, the chief of UNRWA, said the agency will be unable to function beyond.