[00:49.63]The United Nations is suspending all its food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip after demonstrators angry at a budget cut stormed one of its compounds.

[00:59.19]It follows a series of violent protests throughout the week.

[01:02.33]From the UN Nada Tawfik reports.

[01:04.94]The UN relief agency distributes food for 25,000 Palestinian refugees every day,

[01:10.97]it also runs schools, medical clinics and a job creation program,

[01:15.38] but financial support for these programs hasn't kept up with the overwhelming need and deepening poverty of refugees.

[01:22.33]The UN agency is grappling with a deficit of over $65m.

[01:27.27]Over the past week, many have protested against the UN suspension of cash systems.

[01:32.54]But UN officials have called Thursday's incident a dramatic escalation that was preplanned and unprecedented.

[01:39.05]The agency's director Robert Turner said all relief and distribution centers would remain closed

[01:44.08]until guarantees are given by relevant groups that their operations can continue unhindered.

[01:49.55]A French court has found Air France guilty of discrimination for removing of a pro-Palestinian activist from a flight to Israel.

[01:56.73]The activist was not allowed to board the plane because she wasn't Israeli or Jewish.

[02:01.00]Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.