Palestinians in Gaza are treated ‘like pinballs’ : Unrwa

The UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, said that Gazans are being “treated like pinballs” who have been continuously forced to “flee in search of safety that doesn’t exist”.

In a post on X, the UN body said it was “at a loss of words to do any justice to the suffering” of Gaza’s more than 2 million people.

“With nearly 20 months of war, people are exhausted, disoriented, grieving, and constantly in fear,” the agency said.

“This hardship and uncertainty must end,” it said.

Meanwhile, Unrwa communications director Juliette Touma spoke to the BBC about the hardship faced by the people in Gaza saying that their suffering is "extremely  difficult to put into words”.

She said that 500 to 600 trucks of humanitarian aid are needed to enter Gaza daily, and this could only be achieved under the leadership of Unrwa.