4/4/13, "UN suspends Gaza food centres after compound attack," BBC
"The UN says it is
suspending all its food distribution centres in the Gaza Strip after
protesters angered by aid cutbacks stormed one of its compounds.
The UN Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) said the centres would
stay closed until it received security assurances for its property and
staff.
It said it was trying to mitigate the effects caused by cuts in cash payments to some of Gaza's poorest families.
Unrwa provides aid for an estimated 800,000 Palestinians in Gaza.
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It runs dozens of schools and medical clinics and distributes food to many of the territory's 1.7 million residents, but says it is grappling with a huge budget deficit."...top photo, "There have been days of protests outside Unrwa compounds in Gaza," afp
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