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GENEVA (Reuters)
The head of the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency said on Tuesday that its staff, as well as doctors and humanitarian workers, were fainting on duty in Gaza due to hunger and exhaustion.
UNRWA said it had received dozens of emergency messages from its staff describing grave conditions and exhaustion in the enclave.
"No one is spared: caretakers in Gaza are also in need of care. Doctors, nurses, journalists and humanitarians are hungry," UNRWA commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement, shared by his spokesperson at a press briefing in Geneva.
"Many are now fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties: reporting atrocities or alleviating some of the suffering."
