Gaza: A protest stand against UNRWA cuts

Gaza: A protest stand against UNRWA cuts

The People´s Committee for Refugees in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, organized today, Wednesday, a protest against the policy of cuts pursued by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Dozens participated in the stand that was organized in front of the headquarters for the distribution of food aid in the governorate, where the participants raised slogans confirming that the policy of cuts is aimed at liquidating the refugee issue, and calling on UNRWA to retract its decisions and assume its responsibilities towards them.

A number of children who participated in the stand lifted bags of milk and empty containers that were knocked over, in reference to their rejection of all cuts to food aid and other things.

In the coming days, the Gaza Strip will witness a series of similar protests in light of the new UNRWA policies regarding the distribution of foodstuffs, and other measures that it is taking, in light of talk of a suffocating financial crisis.