Gaza CityThe UN refugee agency ended 43 microfinance staff contracts in September.
Hundreds of staff are already out, and thousands more across the agency face dismissal.
Acting Commissioner-General Christian Saunders told the staff union he is acting on a $70 million deficit, and microfinance was halted only in Gaza.
Employees and union officials reject that explanation, saying the layoffs strike at the refugee question itself.
The Trump-chaired Board of Peace, which rejects UNRWA’s role in Gaza, is preparing to take charge.
How each outlet framed it
- Mondoweiss leans critical
- centres a laid-off 13-year microfinance officer and frames the cuts as undermining refugees' right of return, against the $70M deficit
Sources: Mondoweiss