Gaza aid fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency
Israel's parliament has voted to pass legislation banning the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating within Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, accusing the organisation of colluding with Hamas in Gaza.
Contact between Unrwa employees and Israeli officials will be banned within three months, severely limiting the agency's ability to operate in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Co-operation with the Israeli military - which controls all crossings into Gaza - is essential for Unrwa to transfer aid into the territory. It is the main UN organisation working on the ground there.
Several countries, including the US and the UK, have expressed serious concern about the move.
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