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Another 'active frontline' strains UNRWA as Israel pounds Lebanon: chief to AFP / 36H24PP
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The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is facing a triple crisis as Israeli strikes on Lebanon add to the strain it is facing in Gaza and the West Bank, its chief tells AFP. With three of its areas of operations turning into active frontlines, the embattled agency grappling with a severe financial shortfall is poised to come under even more pressure, says UNRWA's Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.
"We already have Gaza, we already have the West Bank, so we have two fields of operation which have become active frontlines," he says. "We (now) also have Lebanon, which would mean that basically three...contexts of operation will become humanitarian emergencies," he says. [COMPLETES VIDI36H38DK_EN] IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES