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UN agency says 'meaningful and uninterrupted' aid needed for Gaza

27 Oct 2023 04:33pm
A Palestinian employee working for the United Nations as a guard, reacts as he looks at the covered bodies of his relatives from the al-Hamayda family after they were brought to the Al-Najjar Hospital following an Israeli air strike on Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on October 27, 2023. Photo by Said Khatib/AFP
A Palestinian employee working for the United Nations as a guard, reacts as he looks at the covered bodies of his relatives from the al-Hamayda family after they were brought to the Al-Najjar Hospital following an Israeli air strike on Rafah in southern Gaza Strip on October 27, 2023. Photo by Said Khatib/AFP
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JERUSALEM - The United Nations said Friday that "uninterrupted" aid was needed in Gaza after nearly three weeks of Israeli bombardment that has triggered a humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian territory.

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general for UN agency for Palestinian refugees, said that "meaningful and uninterrupted" aid was needed for the Gaza Strip as he confirmed 57 of the agency's staff had been killed during the war. - AFP

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