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Gaza ‘ceasefire at risk’ if UNRWA forced to stop operations

UNRWA spokesperson Jonathan Fowler said the organisation is now operating in a "nightmare scenario" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank because of the Israeli ban [Haitham Imad/EPA]

Israel’s forcible shutdown of the UN’s humanitarian work in the Palestinian territory would put the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at risk, the UN Palestinian relief agency (UNRWA) at the head of the ban has warned.

UNRWA has for more than seven decades provided essential aid and assistance to Palestinian refugees.

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