the main aid provider in Gaza, in what appeared to be a step to implement legislation passed last month that would sever ties with the agency and prevent it from operating in Israel. Israel says the agency, known as UNRWA, has been infiltrated by Hamas.

On Friday, a group of 15 UN and humanitarian groups released a statement warning that Israel is aiming to wipe out all Palestinians left in north Gaza. Gaza officials have estimated that roughly 100,000 people are left in north Gaza, trapped by Israel’s brutal ground invasion.

3:21 ‘A death sentence’: Palestinians in Gaza condemn Israel’s decision to end UNRWA agreement Israel notified the U.N. in a letter on Sunday, as required by a new law adopted by Israel’s parliament that will ban UNRWA’s operations in Israel and ...