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    UN agency in Gaza on brink of collapse after ‘shocking’ decisions to halt aid, says chief

    by Arpan Rai Jan 28, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: AFP via Getty Images

    The UN’s aid agency in Gaza is said to be on the brink of collapse after nine nations, including the US and UK, suspended funding over allegations that several agency workers participated in the Hamas attack against Israel.

    Philippe Lazzarini , head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA ), said he was “shocked” by the decisions taken by Western nations to pull aid funding as “famine looms” for the population of Gaza amid the continuing Israel-Hamas

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