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UN agency for Palestinian refugees says cease-fire a ‘matter of life and death for millions’

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees said Monday that a cease-fire in Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza “has become a matter of life and death for millions.” The agency head Philippe Lazzarini said Israel was inflicting “collective punishment” on Palestinians and driving the forced displacement of civilians. The…