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Thousands protest UN job cuts in Gaza

Thousands of employees of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees protested in Gaza today against forced redundancies as a result of US funding cuts.

More than 5,000 people attended the march that began at the Gaza headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA.

The agency announced it would cut more than 250 jobs in Gaza and the West Bank and make over 500 other positions part-time, as it seeks to survive crippling financial shortfalls caused by US aid cuts.

Washington has provided more than 350 million dollar a year for the agency, but US President Donald Trump pulled all funding earlier this year.

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