U.N. relief workers protest funding cuts in Gaza (12 images)

Thousands of United Nations Relief and Works Agency employees protest job cuts in Gaza City on Wednesday. The agency provides aid to Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. On August 31, the United States cut funding to the group.

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency have their hands chained and wear orange jumpsuits during a protest against job cuts at the agency in Gaza City, Gaza. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI

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The protest was organized by agency's employees union. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI

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The United States, which cut aid to the agency in August, was its biggest contributor. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI

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The agency was created to assist Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI

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