@UNICEF Middle East and North Africa
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Louise Wateridge retweeted
Support for water & sanitation at the biggest camp in the world for Syrian refugees is under threat from a lack of funding, combined with the impact of climate change, @UNICEF warns.
The camp hosts +80,000 people; +50% are children.
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Louise Wateridge retweeted
1,000 days into the war in #Gaza, the violence continues, with children paying the highest price.
@UNICEF spokesperson @UNWateridge reminds that “children in Gaza have taken their first steps through rubble, and spoken their first words against the deafening sounds of bombs.”
Louise Wateridge retweeted
1,000 days into the war in Gaza, children continue to pay the highest price.
"Children in Gaza have taken their first steps through rubble, spoken their first words against the deafening sounds of bombs", @UNICEF spokesperson, Louise Wateridge reminds us.
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Louise Wateridge retweeted
You’ve heard that there's a ceasefire in Gaza… that the worst is over.
How we wish that were true.
#Gaza 265 children killed since the ceasefire was announced - on average, a child every single day for more than eight months.
While the world continues to speak the language of ceasefire, families in Gaza continue to bury their sons & daughters @UNICEF
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Louise Wateridge retweeted
“Why would children still suffer?”
In May 2026, UNICEF's Salim Oweis visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children who had been injured since the ceasefire was announced.
Every ceasefire violation puts children’s lives at risk.
Louise Wateridge retweeted
“All of these supplies around me are literally three hours from Gaza. They could be there this afternoon,” UNRWA @UNWateridge said to @UNGeneva.
Lifesaving aid remains out of reach while conditions in #Gaza continue to deteriorate. Immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access is essential.
Louise Wateridge retweeted
“We need this aid to enter now.
It has to go to people who are desperate.”
In this video, our colleague @UNWateridge speaks from a @UNRWA warehouse in Amman, Jordan, where supplies have been held up due to the 11 week long siege.
This must stop.
Louise Wateridge retweeted
"We really are just lost for words at this point. The suffering is intolerable." UNRWA @UNWateridge tells @CNN.
After months of war, siege and displacement, the humanitarian crisis in #Gaza has reached an unimaginable scale. Families are starving, people are living with deep trauma, and there is nowhere safe to go.
The siege must be lifted.
Louise Wateridge retweeted
“It’s a complete and utter horror show and it doesn’t end,” @UNWateridge tells @BBCNews.
People in #Gaza are going through unimaginable suffering: children killed and people starving after 11 weeks of blockade with no aid allowed in. Fully stocked warehouses are just hours away.
This must stop.
Louise Wateridge retweeted
.@UNRWA's @UNWateridge describes the devastating toll of the war in Gaza, especially on women & children.
"It has been horrific for 15 months."
The UN is scaling up its humanitarian response, but greater global support is needed to alleviate the immense suffering.
This is what “returning home” looks like in #Gaza
Home is what everyone has been dreaming of, the memory has pushed families to survive over the last 15 months.
Many now return to decimation: shattered lives, broken families & futures left in ruins. A new and unrelenting hell.
Louise Wateridge retweeted
The need for immediate lifesaving aid & long-term support in Gaza is critical.
Following the ceasefire, our @UNRWA colleagues are working tirelessly to deliver vital supplies to people in desperate need.
Now more than ever, families in Gaza are looking to UNRWA for support.
Rafah, southern #Gaza today.
With relief comes a heaviness from the weight of overwhelming devastation.
Families here looking for homes that are no more, looking for loved ones still under the rubble. Families of hostages desperately awaiting news.
The loss is immeasurable.
Louise Wateridge retweeted
“In every direction you look in the Gaza Strip there’s destruction.
It looks like a graveyard.”
@UNRWA 's @UNWateridge describes the unbearable reality in Gaza, stressing that if the bombing stops, people will have nothing to go back to & it will be hard to rebuild their lives.
Louise Wateridge retweeted
In #Gaza, amid bombing and undignified living, people are in absolute despair.
“It’s like a fish bowl, and you’re just having to dodge being killed” says our @UNWateridge to The Guardian.
Banning UNRWA operations would only make it worse.
#CeasefireNow
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Louise Wateridge retweeted
"I've had a woman scream at me in absolute despair and horror because her son was killed in the strike in the so-called humanitarian zone. Her daughter was lying on the bed next to us, paralyzed".
Our @UNWateridge describes the devastating conditions in a hospital in #Gaza to Channel4.
