NPR - Israel’s government announced it will cancel its agreement with UNRWA, the primary United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Israel claims the agency, which employs 13,000 people in Gaza, has been infiltrated by Hamas. UNRWA dismissed nine staff members. The U.N.’s investigative body says those nine staffers may have been involved in attacking Israel, but it could not verify the information Israel used to support its allegations.
The U.S. is concerned about the laws passed last week that ban contact between Israel and UNRWA, NPR's Aya Batrawy says. The outcome of the presidential election will influence how this situation develops moving forward. With less than 90 days until the legislation goes into effect, Israel has not provided an alternative plan to the UNRWA. “In short, people are going to suffer because there is already hunger and starvation across Gaza,” Batrawy says.
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