The agency, UNRWA, says its operations in Gaza and the West Bank are now at risk of collapse.
Israel has formally ended a decades-old cooperation agreement with the United Nations Palestinian relief agency that covered the protection, movement and diplomatic immunity of the agency in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians gather to receive bags of flour distributed by UNRWA in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip on Saturday.UNRWA says the new law leaves its operations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza at risk of collapse. Top UN officials and the Security Council describe UNRWA as the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza, where Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas have been at war for the past year.
The new Israeli law does not directly ban UNRWA’s operations in the West Bank and Gaza, both considered by international law to be outside the state of Israel, but under Israeli occupation. However, it will severely impact UNRWA’s ability to work. Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon said in a statement that despite the overwhelming evidence “we submitted to the UN highlighting how Hamas infiltrated UNRWA, the UN did nothing to address this reality.”
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
International criticism of Israel's ban of UNRWA aid for PalestiniansThe global community has criticised Israel's decision to ban the operations of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees within its borders.
Read more »
In letter to Israel, UN chief warns UNRWA ban could have 'devastating consequences'The UN views Gaza as Israeli-occupied territory, and international law requires an occupying power to agree to relief programs for people in need and to facilitate them 'by all the means at its disposal'.
Read more »
Israeli Government bans UNRWA from working in Israel, citing links with HamasIsrael has passed laws banning the operations of the U-N agency for Palestinian refugees inside of Israel.Sparking global condemnation even from their closest allies, the move threatens to worsen an already dire humanitarian situation inside the Gaza Strip.
Read more »
UNRWA ban: Wong opposes Israel's decision to restrict UN agency's 'life-saving' workUNRWA is the main organisation providing humanitarian relief to people in war-torn Gaza.
Read more »
Israel bans UNRWA from operating within countryIsrael has passed a law to ban UNRWA from operating in the country after the links of a number of staff to Hamas’ October 7 attacks were unveiled.
Read more »
What is Unrwa and why has Israel’s parliament voted to ban it?Knesset vote to declare UN agency for Palestinian refugees a terror organisation offers no alternative route for aid
Read more »