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Israel votes to ban UN aid agency, Palestinians say 100,000 trapped in north Gaza

Israel votes to ban UN aid agency, Palestinians say 100,000 trapped in north Gaza
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Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday to ban the UN relief agency UNRWA from operating inside the country, alarming some of Israel’s Western allies who fear it will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Israeli officials cited the involvement of a handful of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees’ thousands of staffers in the October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel and a few staffers’ membership in Hamas and other armed groups.

“UNRWA workers involved in terrorist activities against Israel must be held accountable,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said the vote opposes the UN charter and violates international law. “This is the latest in the ongoing campaign to discredit UNRWA and delegitimise its role towards providing human-development assistance and services to #Palestine Refugees,” he wrote on social media platform X.

Palestinians gather to buy bread from a bakery in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters

Palestinians gather to buy bread from a bakery in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters

The vote came the same day Israeli tanks thrust deeper into northern Gaza, trapping 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what Israel’s military said were operations to eliminate regrouping Hamas militants.

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