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Two children sit in the rubble of what is left of their house in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip.
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INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza

The scale of the conflict in Gaza is having an “unprecedented” effect on UNRWA, with staff operating under fierce bombardments, whilst grieving for colleagues killed in the fighting. Juliette Touma, Director of Communications at UNRWA, tells UN News that the agency, whose staff in Gaza are operating under fierce bombardments, whilst grieving for colleagues killed in the fighting.

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A wide view of the UN Security Council chambers as members meet on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
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Security Council continues negotiations on Gaza resolution calling for 'urgent suspension of hostilities'

Tuesday marked another intense day of diplomacy in the Security Council in New York, where negotiations continued to try and reach consensus on further unified action in response to the crisis in Gaza, more than ten weeks after terror attacks by Hamas plunged the Israel-Palestine conflict into an unprecedented phase of violence and devastation. Ambassadors have delayed the vote again, until Wednesday.