Agencies-Gaza post
UNRWA responsible for delaying destroyed house reconstruction in Gaza
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday charged the UN refugee agency UNRWA with delaying the reconstruction of their homes destroyed during last year in the Israeli war according to local sources.
This came in a demonstration arranged by Palestinian factions outside the UNRWA office in Gaza City.
“I have the right to safe housing,” and “UNRWA was created to facilitate, not complicate, the lives of refugees” read banners were carried by protesters.
Eyewitnesses said that angry Palestinians burned rubber tires outside the UNRWA office during the demonstration.
It is worth mentioning that Israel launched an 11-day military offensive on the Gaza Strip in May 2021 during which 2,075 homes were destroyed and 15,000 others damaged, according to the Government Information Office in Gaza.
The Israeli attack came to a halt under an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
“UNRWA has not accomplished anything regarding the reconstruction of our homes,” Bassam Al-Far, a member of the Arab Liberation Front, a faction in the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), reported during the protest.
He clarified that the reconstruction process is being delayed despite the availability of all the needs to start it, including funding.
Al-Far called on UNRWA to hold accountable all those who “contributed to delaying the reconstruction process without justification.”
UNRWA was founded in 1949 by the UN General Assembly, its mission is to help Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.
