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UN Palestinian agency says ‘deliberate attempt to strangle’ Gaza operations

Displaced Palestinians living in a school run by UNRWA carry empty water containers on November 15, 2023, as they walk across a wet courtyard following overnight rainstorms in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip [Said Khatib/AFP]

The head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency has warned of a “deliberate attempt to strangle” its operations in the Gaza Strip and said it risks shutting down all its humanitarian work because of a lack of fuel.

Israel has refused to allow fuel shipments to the enclave it has besieged, arguing they would be used by the Palestinian group Hamas for military purposes.

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