According to reports, the strike was the largest in a string of protests against the UN’s decision as over 13,000 teachers, health workers and other employees took part in it.

The demonstrators called on UNRWA officials to revoke the decision, which would overcrowd the UN-sponsored classrooms and also send the employees to compulsory one-year unpaid leave. The new measures have reportedly increased the number of Palestinian students to 50 in each class.