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Partial funding by Western nations restored to UNRWA for aid in Gaza

Several top donors including Australia, Sweden, Canada, and the E.U. resumed funding contingent on agency reforms.

In war-torn Gaza, UNRWA struggles with chronic under-funding.
In war-torn Gaza, UNRWA struggles with chronic under-funding. (AN/Emad El Byed)

Several top donors restored crucial funding for the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, but it remains in financial and political danger.

"The agency is at risk of death, it's at risk of dismantlement," Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the agency known as UNRWA, told Swiss French-language broadcaster RTS.

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