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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Israel seeking to close down Unrwa, says agency’s chief after school bombing

People search through rubble after the Israeli airstrike on an Unrwa-run school in Nuseirat
People search through rubble after the Israeli airstrike on an Unrwa-run school in Nuseirat. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

A campaign is under way to drive the UN relief agency for Palestinians, Unrwa, out of existence, its commissioner general has said, days after 18 people were killed when Israeli jets bombed an Unrwa school in Gaza.

Philippe Lazzarini said in an interview that the Israeli government was seeking to close down the agency, having failed to persuade western donors to stop funding it on the grounds of allegations about links between Unrwa staff and Hamas.

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