ISRAEL has banned the UN agency dedicated to providing aid to Palestinians as its onslaught on Gaza continues.
MPs in the Knesset voted to outlaw the UN Relief and Works Agency from working in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The ban will take effect in 90 days, meaning contact between UNRWA employees and Israeli officials will be severed.
Co-operation with the Israeli military is essential for UNRWA to transfer aid into the territory.
Almost all the Strip's population of more than two million people depend on the agency.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: "This legislation risks making UNRWA's essential work for Palestinians impossible, jeopardising the entire international response in Gaza.
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