Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Calls For The End Of UNRWA Mission And Replaced By Other Institutions

UNRWA staff considered the food ingredients to be distributed. (Twitter/@UNRWA)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday called for an end to the UN Aid and Work Agency's mission for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), replacing it with other agencies to resolve the issue in Gaza.

Israel is known to have accused UNRWA staff involvement with the attack by the Hamas militant group on the southern region of their country on October 7. That led a number of major donor countries of the agency to suspend their routine funding.

"I think it's time for the international community and the UN itself to understand that UNRWA's mission must end," PM Netanyahu told the UN delegation.

PM Netantahu further discussed allegations of genocide filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court (ICJ), he said many allegations in the UN high court were brought up by UNRWA officials.

"The worst thing I can say is this: Many false and baseless accusations, directed at us in The Hague, were brought up by UNRWA officials. And we have found in recent weeks UNRWA officers were involved in the massacre," he said.

PM Netanyahu also said UNRWA immortalized itself in its desire to continue to bring the Palestinian refugee problem to life.

"We need to involve other UN agencies and other aid agencies to replace UNRWA, if we want to solve Gaza's problem, as we would like to do," he said.

He added that the UN was not an "extraordinary organization" in dealing with Israel. "Often the UN is very oblique," he said of the agency.

As previously reported, senior UN aid officials said the UN aid agency for Palestine (UNRWA) had a central and irreplaceable war.

"It is very important for us to realize the central role UNRWA plays in the Gaza Strip in the distribution of humanitarian aid and, of course, before the conflict, when schools open or clinics open," explained senior humanitarian officials and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag, after a closed meeting of the UN Security Council., reported The National News.

"There is no way any organization can replace or replace the extraordinary capacity, UNRWA capabilities and their knowledge of the population in Gaza," he continued.

Kaag further said he had shared his observations and recommendations during his briefing to the council, highlighting the logistics of Gaza's supply routes and distribution processes, as well as creating an environment that supports and oversees UN aid mechanisms.

"It's not about calculating trucks (assistance). It's about volume, quality, speed and delivery of sustainable humanitarian and commercial goods to reach civilians in Gaza," he explained.

"And the mechanism, when it starts running, can be very helpful to facilitate this," said Kaag.