Israel has proposed to the UN to disband the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) UN humanitarian workers are confident that only UNRWA has the resources and trust of the Palestinians to deliver food to the Gaza Strip. Russia's permanent representative to UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that funding for UNR WA must be restored in full.
UNRwa chief Philippe Lazzarini has called for the creation of a commission to investigate the deaths of Palestinians at UN sites in the Gaza strip.