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."

Israel’s parliament passed two laws last year that will cripple the aid agency's ability to aid Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem

Israel says UNRWA staff took part in Hamas’s bloody 7 October attacks on southern Israel, in which around 1,200 people were killed and another 250 taken hostage. Israel’s retaliatory air and ground offensive inside Gaza has killed more than 47,000 Palestinians according to the enclave’s health ministry.

Israel demands UNRWA halt operations in Jerusalem by January 30, citing Hamas ties and security risks. The move follows Knesset legislation severing ties with the agency.

On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from any contact with the agency.

Within 48 hours, the State of Israel will cease its cooperation with UNRWA,' envoy Danny Danon said – 'UNRWA must cease its activities and evacuate all its facilities in Jerusalem'

Nearly all Security Council members express solidarity, support for UN agency for Palestinian refugees - Anadolu Ajansı

The United Nation's Palestinian refugee agency said on Sunday it had been ordered by Israel to vacate premises and cease all of its operations in occupied East Jerusalem by Thursday.

Israel, backed by Washington, will cease contact with the UN's Palestinian humanitarian relief agency UNRWA and any body acting on its behalf, its UN envoy said Tuesday, drawing condemnation from aid groups.

On Tuesday this week, the US expressed its support for Israel’s sovereign decision to close the UNRWA offices in eastern Jerusalem. Dorothy Shea, US deputy representative to the UN, told the Security Council: “UNRWA is exaggerating the effects of the laws and suggesting that they will force the entire humanitarian response to a halt is irresponsible and dangerous.

The ban effectively cuts off the UN aid agency from delivering critical aid to Gaza, putting millions of Palestinians at risk after 15 months of war have devastated the region.