Israel orders UNRWA to cease operations in country over terror ties: ‘miserably failed in its mandate’

Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon announces his country will cease cooperation with UNRWA

Danon officially informed members of the Security Council that Israel will cease its cooperation with UNRWA on January 30th. ( Video: UNTV.)

A U.N. vehicle enters the UNRWA offices in Jerusalem on Apr 2, 2024. (Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS)

Photos released by the Israeli Defense Forces show three individuals that the Israeli military claims are Hamas terrorists inside an UNRWA compound in Rafah. (IDF)

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, holds a press conference in Jerusalem on Oct. 27, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israeli Permanent Member to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a session of the Security Council at the New York City headquarters. (Israel United Nations mission)