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The United Nations chief appealed for funding Friday for the beleaguered UN agency helping Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East, accusing Israel of issuing evacuation orders that force Palestinians “to move like human pinballs across a landscape of destruction and death.” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a donor’s conference that the agency, known as UNRWA, faces “a profound funding gap.” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said at the start of the conference that the agency only had funds to operate through August. In the end, he told reporter…

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