Meanwhile in Gaza City, employees of UNRWA—the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine—protested on Wednesday against job cuts. UNRWA is reducing jobs following the Trump administration’s decision to cut all funding to the agency. This is Amal al-Batsh, deputy chairman of the Union of Palestinian Employees at UNRWA in Gaza.

Amal al-Batsh: “Gaza needs a lot [of help] because of the siege and the sanctions. They have no solutions for Gaza. They are blackmailing us politically. They want Gaza to give up politically, or there will be no solutions. Because of this, UNRWA as an organization is being punished. And we, as Palestinians and refugees, are being punished in Gaza so that we will give up.”