Israel has officially informed the United Nations of the termination of a cooperation agreement with the main UN agency helping Palestinians in the Middle East, including in war-torn Gaza. Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon said in a post on social media platform X that his country officially notified UN Secretary General António Guterres "of the termination of cooperation" with the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Israel on Monday notified the United Nations that it was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA, the main aid agency for Palestinian refugees, following passage of two laws in the country’s parliament,

Israel has notified the UN that it cancelled a 1967 agreement that recognises UNRWA, the agency for Palestinian refugees whose operations Israel has sharply curtailed in recent weeks. The move puts the aid operation in ravaged Gaza,