UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini addresses media after he briefed diplomats on the situation in Gaza, at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on Feb. 13, 2024. (Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
Dismantling the UN agency for Palestinian refugees would be a disaster, its chief said Tuesday, as the UNRWA came under pressure after Israel said it had found a Hamas tunnel under its Gaza headquarters.
Instead, "maybe after this cataclysm which has hit the region in Gaza, it might be time now to genuinely find a political solution," Philippe Lazzarini told reporters at the UN in Geneva, calling for independent probes into both the Hamas tunnels and strikes on UN installations in the Palestinian territory.
Dismantling the UN agency for Palestinian refugees would be a disaster, its chief said Tuesday, as the UNRWA came under pressure after Israel said it had found a Hamas tunnel under its Gaza headquarters.
Instead, "maybe after this cataclysm which has hit the region in Gaza, it might be time now to genuinely find a political solution," Philippe...