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Unrwa chief shares 'heartbreaking' footage of destroyed schools

At least 300,000 Palestinian pupils studying at Unrwa schools  have had their education stopped and sense of safety "shattered", the agency's chief said on Wednesday.

Sharing footage of destroyed schools in northern Gaza, Philippe Lazzarini warned that those calling for dismantling Unrwa are "depriving deeply traumatised children of any hope for a better future".

"Children deserve better, they deserve the stability and support they so desperately need to rebuild their lives," he said on social media platform X.