Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children.

The Spanish government said on Thursday that it rejects the Israeli ban on the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), and called on Tel Aviv to suspend its application.

Israeli ban on operations of UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) takes effect on Thursday - Anadolu Ajansı

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Israel has banned a key UN agency from operating in Israel, making the future of its operations in Gaza and the West Bank unclear.

Implementation of a ban on the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel - due to start on Thursday - will be disastrous, the UNRWA chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, as the United States accused it of being "irresponsible and dangerous.

Israeli laws smothering the operations of the United Nations Palestinian aid agency come into force on Thursday, leaving refugees fearing where they will get basic support.

The director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon said on Wednesday that the agency had not been affected by U.S. President Donald Trump's halt to U.S. foreign aid funding or by an Israeli ban on its operations.

UN refugee agency says it has not received any official statement on how Israel's parliament will implement ban

Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic

The Israeli government ban on UNRWA over national security concerns and links to terrorism began Jan. 30. UNRWA has called the move by Jerusalem as "disastrous."