On behalf of the local organizers in Khan Yunis, Adnan al-Assar stated that their rally was aimed at defending UNRA and insisting on personal education. He highlighted UNRA as the last living witness to the Nakba of 1948 following the passing of the original generation of survivors, and warned against efforts to dismantle it. Al-Assar also dismissed online learning as fundamentally inadequate for students in the Gaza Strip, demanding that the agency preserve face-to-face education.