News - World: The United Nations has called on Israel to revoke its decision to end the activities of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

This call was made in a post by the United Nations Office for Human Rights on the X platform on Thursday regarding Israel's decision to enforce the ban on UNRWA's activities.

The UN office stated, "Without UNRWA, essential services such as food distribution, healthcare, education, and other services in the occupied Palestinian territories will be severely impacted, and this will have serious, direct consequences on the human rights of tens of thousands of Palestinians."

It added, "The law passed by the Israeli Knesset, which restricts UNRWA's core operations, must be repealed."

The decision by the Israeli government to terminate UNRWA's activities in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem came into effect on Thursday.

International staff of the agency have left East Jerusalem as their Israeli permits expired, and local staff did not report to their agency offices.