The Latest Breaking News from Philippe Lazzarini

Conditions deteriorate amid floods, escalating food shortages and waves of disease

Israeli forces battled Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday despite growing international concern, even from Israel's allies, over the devastation of the Palestinian territory.

Israel came under pressure Wednesday from its allies over its war in Gaza, with key backer the United States criticising its bombing in response to the October 7 attacks as "indiscriminate".

With only Rafah crossing open for transit, extra screenings are unlikely to affect actual volume of aid entering Gaza.

EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, says situation in Gaza ‘catastrophic, apocalyptic’.

Aid trucks stalled at the Gaza border, hospitals treating missing limbs: UN Security Council envoys visiting Egypt on Monday encountered the fallout of the Israel-Hamas war, days after the United States vetoed a ceasefire resolution.

Addressing the Doha Forum, Ayman Safadi says Israel’s operation in Gaza meets the ‘legal definition of genocide’.

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says there's no safe haven in Gaza for civilians — not even U.N. shelters and “safe zones” designated by Israel

As fighting resumes between Israel and Hamas after a one-week truce, FRANCE 24 speaks to Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). He said he was "deeply concerned" at the looming prospect of Israel's offensive moving to the south of the Gaza…

Philippe Lazzarini urges Israel to think of consequences of offensive if truce is not further extended

UNRWA chief warns agency may have to suspend all of its humanitarian activities due to lack of fuel.