Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country, village or house over the course of the 1948 Palestine war and during the 1967 Six-Day War.

5 days ago · UNRWA provides aid and services — including health and education — to some 2.5 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, as well as 3 million more in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, it has been the main lifeline for a population reliant on humanitarian ...

1 day ago · Palestinian refugees burn an Israeli flag during a demonstration at the Jaramana Camp on the edge of Damascus, Syria, in 2017. At that time, they were protesting President Trump's decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Today, they are opposed to Trump's call for Gaza residents to be relocated.

4 days ago · The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underscored its commitment to assist a population whose rights “continue to be violated”. In a social media post on Friday, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that “people in Gaza have undergone systematic dehumanization” since the war ...

Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country, village, or house during the 1948 Palestine war and during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Jan 5, 2024 · The United Nations defines Palestinian refugees as people “whose normal place of residence was Palestine” between June 1, 1946 and May 15, 1948, and “who lost both home and means of...

Jan 29, 2025 · Home to 7 million Jews, Israel says a large-scale return of Palestinian refugees would end its Jewish majority. In Shuafat refugee camp, Palestinians whose families fled there in 1948 have the coveted blue IDs of Jerusalem residents, allowing them to travel anywhere Israeli citizens may go.

Jan 25, 2025 · The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a subsidiary agency created by the UN General Assembly in 1949 to provide relief, health, and education services for Palestinian refugees.

Feb 1, 2024 · UNRWA supports some six million Palestinian refugees who live within and outside Palestine. It is like a quasi-state providing direct services, such as schools, primary health centres and other...

May 15, 2023 · The UN on Monday commemorated for the first time in its history, the mass displacement of Palestinians from land that was to become Israel, 75 years ago, that turned 700,000 Palestinians into...