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Philippe Lazzarini, head of Unrwa, says aid agency will collapse ‘without intervention by member states’

Country’s allies and aid workers say move could cripple services for Palestinians who increasingly depend on them

Hospital director says staff and patients were wounded at the last partially functioning hospital in northern Gaza.

Israel’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, tensions have reached new levels. On October 28, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a law to prohibit operations of the UN’s relief and works agency (Unrwa) – the UN body responsible for Palestinian refugees…