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<h1 class="article-title">Palestinians Storm Gaza UN Headquarters
over Suspension of Cash Assistance</h1>
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<blockquote class="article-intro">Palestinians angry at their
deterorating living conditions in the Gaza Strip stormed the <a
hrf="http://www.imemc.org/newswire?search_text=united+nations&button=Search+%3E%3E"
target="_blank">United Nations</a> headquarters to protest <a
href="http://www.imemc.org/article/70380" target="_blank">UNRWA’s
announcement</a> to suspend its cash assistance program for the
homeless families.</blockquote>
Anadolu news agency reported, according to WAFA, that angry
Palestinians demonstrated opposite to the UNRWA headquarters, which
houses other UN agencies’ offices, burning tires, and proceeding to
storm the headquarter, throwing stones at the compound’s gate and
smashing its windows.<br>
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Organized by the National Commission for Breaking the Blockade and
Reconstruction, the protest saw hundreds of homeless Palestinians
condemning UNRWA’s announcement that it could not afford to fund
repairing tens of thousands of houses demolished or destroyed during
the latest deadly Israeli onslaught on the strip.<br>
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“The international community and Arab states who pledged to fund
Gaza reconstruction are fully responsible for any consequences that
could happen as a result of the UN agency’s decision,” said
Spokesperson for the Commission Adham Abu Salmia.<br>
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Abu Salmia called on the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and
Palestinian Authority to take an immediate action to save Gaza from
this catastrophic situation.<br>
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Israel waged its latest onslaught on the Gaza Strip throughout the
summer of 2014. During the time, over 2,200 Palestinians were
killed, mostly unarmed civilians, while another 11,000 were injured,
according to the Ministry of Health.<br>
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Arab and world countries pledged to offer $5.4 billion; half of it
to <a
href="http://www.imemc.org/newswire?search_text=reconstruction&button=Search+%3E%3E"
target="_blank">reconstruct the Gaza Strip</a>and the other to
meet the needs of Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority’s
budget.
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