27/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – On 27 July, an EU spokesperson stated that it was “crucial” that UNRWA “is able to continue to play its role”. On Wednesday 25 July, the agency announced that it was going to make 250 people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank redundant, due to the reduction in US aid (see EUROPE 12070). A spokesperson explained to EUROPE that “in Gaza, where the humanitarian and economic situation is already very precarious, UNRWA employs more than 13,000 people…...