An Israeli parliamentary committee recently approved two draft laws that would ban activities UNRWA in Israeli territory and ending all forms of communication between the government and the agency.
The law needs final approval by the Knesset.
And he said European Union In an online statement: “If the draft law is adopted, it will have serious consequences, as it will prevent the United Nations agency from continuing to provide its services and protection to Palestinian refugees in West Bank Occupied, incl East JerusalemAnd the Gaza Strip.
Israel claimed that a number of thousands of UNRWA employees participated in the attack carried out by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked the fuse. The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Since then, the United Nations has expelled more than 10 of its employees after internal investigations concluded that they may have participated in the attack.
UNRWA was the main supplier of food, water and shelter to Palestinian civilians during the 12-month conflict Gaza.
The Commissioner-General of UNRWA echoed, Philippe Lazzariniechoed the Israeli draft law last Wednesday, saying that all humanitarian operations in Gaza and the West Bank could “disintegrate” if the draft law is implemented.
The aim of establishing UNRWA in 1949 was to provide health care, education and social welfare services to approximately 700,000 Palestinian refugees.
