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United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Quick Facts

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UN agency for Palestinian refugees eyeing major restructuring • Nov. 8, 2026, 2:42 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Also Known As UNRWA
Headquarters Vienna • Beirut • Gaza Strip

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People, including children, push a cart loaded with food aid bags past stacked sacks outside a United Nations distribution center in the Rafah refugee camp, Gaza Strip.
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