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Entire generation in Gaza would lose education if UNRWA collapses, UN says

Palestinian teacher Israa Abu Mustafa teaches inside a makeshift classroom in a tent she set up on the rubble of her house, in the Khan Younis camp, southern Gaza Strip [File: Haitham Imad/EPA]

An entire generation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would “be denied the right to education” if the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) collapses in the enclave under new Israeli legislation, the head of the agency has warned.

The Israeli parliament last week adopted two controversial bills banning UNRWA from operating on Israeli territory, closing its offices in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza.

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